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enLooking for Langston, Du Bois, and Miss La La: An Interview with Author John Keenehttps://www.nypl.org/blog/2016/12/07/made-nypl-counternarratives-john-keene
Artis Q. Wright, Specialist II, Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building<figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-right align-right inline inline"><a href="catalog.nypl.org/record=b20601846" rel="nofollow"><img alt="Counternarratives cover" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=9780811224345" width="150px" /></a>
<figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p>John Keene is Chair of African American and African Studies and Associate Professor of English and AAAS at Rutgers University-Newark. A former member of the Dark Room Writers Collective of Cambridge and Boston and a Graduate Fellow of Cave Canem, he is author of the novel<em><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b19835904"> Annotations</a></em>, the poetry collection (with artist Christopher Stackhouse)<a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b15893934"> Seismosis</a>, art book (with photographer Nicholas Muellner) GRIND, and the poetry chapbook Playland. He was a writer-in-residence in the Library’s<a href="https://www.nypl.org/about/locations/schwarzman/research-study-rooms"> Wertheim Study</a> in 2013, where he researched and wrote <em><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b20601846">Counternarratives</a></em>, for which he received an American Book Award and a Lannan Literary Award in Fiction in 2016.</p>
<div><strong>What impact did writing <em>Counternarratives</em> here at The New York Public Library have on your work?</strong></div>
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Working at the Schwarzman Research Branch had a significant impact on my work. I benefited tremendously from the NYPL's collection; the stories draw directly and indirectly from a wide array of books, maps, and other holdings in the NYPL's collection. The opportunities afforded by the Wertheim Study Room also were numerous: the ability to keep books on the shelf for a sustained amount of time; the space's wonderful quiet; the camaraderie of fellow authors, researchers and the staff; and the general intellectual atmosphere, proved invaluable.</div>
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<div><strong>Many of the short stories and novellas in this book involve historical figures or take place in the past. What were some of the items from the library’s historic archive of books, maps, and prints that helped you portray the various settings described in this diverse collection of stories?</strong></div>
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<div>To take just one example, as I was writing the story "The Aeronauts," which takes place in Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., and northern Virginia during 1861, the first full year of the U.S. Civil War, I consulted books about pre-Civil War Philadelphia, free African Americans in the antebellum period (including W. E. B. Du Bois' magisterial The Philadelphia Negro), aeronautics and ballooning, the war's progression, and the U.S. Union Army balloon corps and its leading figures. I also read through newspapers from the free and slave states, and periodicals issued by the American Philosophical Society and similar organizations dedicated to disseminating 19th century scientific and cultural ideas. Lastly, I studied maps and photographs of Washington and Virginia, before and during the war. With each story that I worked on at the NYPL, I reviewed a similar array of archival texts, maps, and visual imagery.</div>
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<div><strong>I’m guessing that few people have heard of Juan Rodriguez who was born on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola in the late 1500s and was the first “immigrant” to move to Mannahatta (Manhattan), what inspired you to write about this early New Yorker</strong></div>
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<div>I believe it was a news report a few years ago that inspired me to write the story. As often tends to be the case when I think about a figure like Juan Rodríguez/Jan Rodrigues, I was convinced that he had been the subject of numerous poems, short stories, and perhaps even a novel or two, but although I did find some fine scholarship about him and the world he inhabited, I realized this pioneering "black rascal," as I believe he is described in the Amsterdam City records, had slipped through the fictional cracks, so to speak. His story reorients our thinking about immigration and non-indigenous settlement in the US, in terms of race, ethnicity, class status, and so on, but also challenges the dominant settler-colonialist model in important ways.</div>
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<div><strong>Describe your first encounter with Edward Degas’ 1879 masterpiece “Miss La La at the Cirque Fernando” and what motivated you to create a short story about the painting’s subject?</strong></div>
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<div>I had seen the photo online but had not gone beyond thinking it another example of Degas' masterful oeuvre. Late one afternoon, I took a break from writing at the library, and moseyed over to the Pierpont Morgan Library, which is one of New York City's treasures, and happened upon an exhibit about the painting and Ms. La La, also known as Olga Braun (Kaira). Images of the acrobat--who I immediately saw was a Black woman--as well her performances and flyers for the circus' shows, and reproductions of Degas' preparatory sketches, pastels and various attempts in oil to capture her remarkable artistry, covered the upper floor walls of the library's exhibition space. I was transfixed with her story and Degas' struggle to paint her, in particular because despite the fact that he had African-American relatives in Louisiana and had even painted a scene set in the New Orleans cotton market, she was the only Black person he ever put on canvas. As I left the Morgan Library I was under her spell, and the outline and even words from the story started to pour into my head.</div>
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<div><strong>“Persons and Places” depicts a fictional encounter between W.E.B. Du Bois and George Santayana that takes place on the streets of Cambridge, Mass. in the autumn of 1890 when the former was a graduate student and the latter was teaching philosophy at Harvard, the short story is structured to appear as two parallel journal entries written from the points of view of both men. How did your own experience as a Harvard undergrad and your current position as a professor of African American Studies inform this story?</strong></div>
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<div>Like anyone teaching African American Studies I owe a huge debt to W. E. B. DuBois, who was a path blazing intellectual, political and cultural forebear, leaving his mark in fields as diverse as history, sociology, and literary studies, to name a few. I had always wanted to write a story about him, and after I read both David Levering Lewis's superlative biography about him and George Santayana's strange and haunting memoir Persons and Places, I realized that while DuBois does describe studying with Santayana, the Spanish-American philosopher does not ever mention DuBois in that volume of his memories, even though DuBois was becoming famous by the time Santayana was writing it. That led me to think about proximity and opacity, the asymmetries in their relationship, and how I might imagine and represent the unequal but still respectful bond they shared. In terms of Harvard and Cambridge, so much of the material world they would have inhabited in the 1880s was still around when I was a student a hundred years later, so I had to remove anachronisms, but the physical and even intellectual landscape, especially after reading Louis Menand's brilliant study The Metaphysical Club, was not hard to recover.</div>
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<div><strong>In “Rivers” you continue the storyline of three of Mark Twain’s most memorable characters Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn and Jim into the battlefields of the American Civil War, how has your appreciation for Twain’s fiction evolved over your lifetime?</strong></div>
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<div>Twain remains one of the essential American writers. Rereading The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer), I feel even more strongly that with Huckleberry Finn he created one of the most iconic characters in U.S. fiction, but I could see his limits as an author in his depictions of Jim, whom he does try to humanize. Twain's blind spots around race have analogues throughout the history of American literature, though, so he is not alone in this regard. I hope my story opens up a conversation with Twain and other US writers who have come before and after him.</div>
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<div><strong>How did it feel to write about a romantic encounter between literary giants Langston Hughes and Xavier Villaurrutia?</strong></div>
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<div>It felt exhilarating. On the one hand, talking about Langston Hughes' sexuality is less controversial today than it might have been a few decades ago, such as when Isaac Julien made his beautiful film Looking for Langston. On the other hand, there is still silence or obfuscation about aspects of his life. I have been a Hughes fan since childhood, and became fascinated when I came across Villaurrutia's poem "North Carolina Blues," which critiques Jim Crow segregation and which he dedicated to Hughes. I also learned that he had translated Hughes' poetry years before penning that poem. The poem, Villaurrutia's letters, scholarly studies of both men, and Arnold Rampersad's biography of Hughes all offered a portal into my fictional reimagining of how they might have connected, on multiple levels, including erotically. The story also surveys Depression-era Mexico City and New York, and ends in part with them returning to what brought them together in the first place: poetry.</div>
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<div><strong>How did writing <em><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b20059291~S1">Letters from a Seducer</a></em>, your 2014 English translation of Hilda Hilst’s novel Cartas de um sedutor, influence your Brazil stories in this book?</strong></div>
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<div>I guess it's fair to say not so much directly as indirectly. Hilst's linguistic, stylistic and thematic daring were a great spur to try out all kinds of literary approaches, but the Brazil she presents is a highly idiosyncratic one. Her native São Paulo, however, does appear in several of the stories, though, so I suppose there was some imaginative osmosis at work.</div>
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<div><strong>Why did you choose to include maps of Brazil, one historic and the other modern, in the novella “On Brazil, or Denouement: The Londonias-Figueiras”?</strong></div>
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<div>After finishing several drafts of that story, I realized that most US readers would not have any sense of Brazil's geography, or perhaps not know it the way I did, so I ended up including the maps as an aid of sorts. But as you probably noticed, they are small and not overly illuminative, because, like the story, they still present a challenge about how to decipher how the past and present relate, and how to understand historical coincidence, and the continuities and discontinuities within any society.</div>
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<div><strong>What are some of the titles on your “to read” list?</strong></div>
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<div>Here are a few:</div>
<p><em><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b20943282~S1">The Performance of Becoming Human</a></em> / Daniel Borzutzky </p>
<p><em><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b20940425~S1">Hardly War</a></em> / Don Mee Choi</p>
<p><em><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b20916423~S1">The Yesterday Project</a></em> / Sandra Doller and Ben Doller</p>
<p><em><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b20864495~S1">Black Lavender Milk</a></em> / Angel Domínguez</p>
<p><em><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b20907663~S1">Margaret the First</a></em> / Danielle Dutton </p>
<p><em><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b21075104~S1">The Surrender</a></em> / Scott Esposito</p>
<p><em><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b20874884~S1">A Collapse of Horses</a></em> / Brian Evenson</p>
<p><em><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b16561523~S1">Nocilla Dream</a></em> / Agustín Fernández Mallo</p>
<p><em><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b21055206~S1">Calamities</a></em> / Renee Gladman</p>
<p><em><a href="http://www.worldcat.org/title/buck-studies/oclc/954564617&amp;referer=brief_results" rel="nofollow">Buck Studies</a></em> / Douglas Kearney</p>
<p><em><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b20906522~S1">Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America</a></em> / Ibram X. Kendi</p>
<p><em><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b20954756~S1">Olio</a></em> / Tyehimba Jess</p>
<p><em><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b20977557~S1">Boy with Thorn</a></em> / Rickey Laurentiis</p>
<p><em><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b20500016~S1">FBI Eyes How J. Edgar Hoover’s Ghostreaders Framed African American Literature</a></em> / W. J. Maxwell,</p>
<p><em><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b21078923~S1">Cockroaches</a></em> / Scholastique Mukasonga</p>
<p><em><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b21091475~S1">Fish in Exile</a></em> / Vi Khi Nhao</p>
<p><em><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b21110689~S1">In the Wake: On Blackness and Being</a></em> / Christina Sharpe</p>
<p><em><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b20907178~S1">Night Sky with Exit Wounds</a></em> / Ocean Vuong</p>
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Gay and Lesbian Studieshttps://www.nypl.org/blog/2016/12/07/made-nypl-counternarratives-john-keene#commentsWed, 07 Dec 2016 16:21:57 -0500Stonewall in Pictureshttps://www.nypl.org/blog/2016/07/15/stonewall-pictures
Jason Baumann, Coordinator of Humanities and LGBT Collections, General Research Division, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building<p>The announcement of President Obama's recent <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2016/06/24/president-obama-designates-stonewall-national-monument" rel="nofollow">designation of the site of the June 28, 1969 Stonewall uprising as a national monument</a> prominently featured LGBT historical materials from the Library's Manuscripts &amp; Archives Division available online in our <a href="http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/">Digital Collections</a>. The images in the White House's <a href="https://youtu.be/ywtvJyXDWkk" rel="nofollow">video announcement</a> include photographs of the Stonewall after the uprising, as well as historic photographs of pioneering LGBT activists of the 1960s and 1970s. These photographs were drawn from the archives of activist photojournalists <a href="http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/collections/barbara-gittings-and-kay-tobin-lahusen-gay-history-papers-and-photographs#/?tab=navigation">Kay Tobin Lahusen</a>, <a href="http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/collections/diana-davies-photographs#/?tab=navigation">Diana Davies</a>, and <a href="http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/collections/international-gay-information-center-collection#/?tab=navigation">Richard Wandel.</a> Some highlights include:</p>
<p>Diana Davies' photo of the Stonewall Inn in 1969.</p>
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<figure class="caption caption caption digcol-image"><a href="http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e3-57e3-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99"><img alt="Davies, Diana, 1938- (Photographer). Stonewall Inn (3)" src="https://images.nypl.org/index.php?id=1582272&amp;t=w" width="100%" /></a>
<figcaption class="digcol-caption">Davies, Diana, 1938-, Photographer. Stonewall Inn. Image ID: 1582272</figcaption></figure></div>
<p>Kay Tobin Lahusen's photo of Frank Kameny in the first LGBT Pride March.</p>
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<figure class="caption caption caption digcol-image"><a href="http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e3-af4c-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99"><img alt="Kay Tobin Lahusen. Frank Kameny and Mattachine Society of Washington members marching." src="https://images.nypl.org/index.php?id=1605906&amp;t=w" width="100%" /></a>
<figcaption class="digcol-caption">Kay Tobin Lahusen. Frank Kameny and Mattachine Society of Washington members marching. Image ID: 1605906</figcaption></figure></div>
<p>And, Richard Wandel's photo of a Gay rights demonstration in Albany in 1971.</p>
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<figure class="caption caption caption digcol-image"><a href="http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e3-95cc-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99"><img alt="Richard Wandel. Rally crowd #1." src="https://images.nypl.org/index.php?id=1606014&amp;t=w" width="100%" /></a>
<figcaption class="digcol-caption">Richard Wandel. Rally crowd #1. Image ID: 1606014</figcaption></figure></div>
<p>These are just a small sample of the thousands of images illustrating LGBT civil rights struggles available on the Library's website. The <a href="https://youtu.be/ywtvJyXDWkk" rel="nofollow">White House's video announcement is available on YouTube</a>.</p>
New York City Historyhttps://www.nypl.org/blog/2016/07/15/stonewall-pictures#commentsFri, 15 Jul 2016 14:42:50 -0400July Author @ the Library Programs at Mid-Manhattan Libraryhttps://www.nypl.org/blog/2016/07/08/july-author-library-programs-mml
Amy Bateman, Senior Librarian<p>True-crime in New York...cheating Hitler...healthy Jewish cooking...the tainted lives of the children of dictators...the power of imagery...a trip through Provence....the logic and aesthetics behind the Internet...America’s World War II secret...a sequential information memory workshop...the first travel journalist of the '20s and '30s...the life of Lafayette...making good habits matter....the future of LGBT rights.</p>
<p>We've got a selection of engaging author talks coming up at the <a href="http://www.nypl.org/locations/mid-manhattan-library" target="_blank">Mid-Manhattan Library</a>. Come listen to scholars and other experts discuss their recent non-fiction books on a variety of subjects and ask them questions. Author talks take place at 6:30 PM on the 6th floor of the library unless otherwise noted. No reservations are required. Seating is first come, first served. You can also request the authors' books using the links to the catalog included below.</p>
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<p><strong>Tuesday, July 5, 2016</strong></p>
<p><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20934001__SNew%20York%20Exposed__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>New York Exposed: The Gilded Age Police Scandal that Launched the Progressive Era</em> with Daniel Czitrom</a>, Professor of History at Mount Holyoke College, and author of <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__St%3A%28media%20and%20the%20american%20mind%29%20a%3A%28czitrom%29__Orightresult__U?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>Media and the American Mind: From Morse to McLuhan</em></a>.</p>
<p>This illustrated lecture is a true-crime New York-based historical thriller featuring a colorful cast of turn-of-the-century figures--Tammany bosses, progressive do-gooders, and all the purveyors of vice and corruption.</p>
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<p><strong>Wednesday, July 6, 2016</strong></p>
<p><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20969180__SHustling%20Hitler__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>Hustling Hitler: The Jewish Vaudevillian Who Fooled the Fuhrer</em> with Walter Shapiro</a>, an acclaimed journalist and fellow at the Brennan Center for Justice at the NYU School of Law and a lecturer in political science at Yale.</p>
This illustrated <a href="https://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2016/07/06/hustling-hitler-jewish-vaudevillian-who-fooled-fuhrer-walter-shapiro">lecture</a> tells the true life story of how the author's great-uncle—a Jewish vaudeville impresario and exuberant con man—managed to cheat Hitler’s agents in the run-up to WWII.</td>
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<p id="docs-internal-guid-b5d76f66-a1c7-05eb-2832-aac091fcbd35"><strong>Thursday, July 7, 2016-CANCELED</strong></p>
<p><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20875624__SThe%20New%20Yiddish%20Kitchen__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>The New Yiddish Kitchen: Grain- and Gluten-free Jewish Recipes for the Holidays and Everyday</em> with Jennifer Robins</a>, author of <em>Down South Paleo</em>, <em>Paleo Kids Cookbook</em> and the food blog <a href="http://predominantlypaleo.com/" rel="nofollow">Predominantly Paleo</a>.</p>
This illustrated <a href="https://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2016/07/07/new-yiddish-kitchen-gluten-free-and-paleo-kosher-recipes-holidays-and">lecture</a> offers a fresh and healthful take on traditional Jewish meals.</td>
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<p><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20790059__SChildren%20of%20Monsters__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>Children of Monsters: An Inquiry into the Sons and Daughters of Dictators</em> with Jay Nordlinger</a>, a National Review Institute book fellow, music critic for <em>The New Criterion</em> and <em>City Arts</em> (New York), as well as for NR.</p>
<p>This illustrated <a href="https://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2016/04/20/children-monsters-inquiry-sons-and-daughters-dictators-jay-nordlinger">lecture</a> surveys the progeny of dictators. Some were loyalists who admired their father. Some actually succeed as dictator. A few were critics, even defectors. What they have in common is the prison house of tainted privilege and the legacy of dubious deference.</p>
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<p><strong>Tuesday, July 12, 2016</strong></p>
<p><a href="https://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2016/07/12/tuesday-evening-movie-childrens-hour-loudest-whisper">Tuesday Evening Movie</a>: The Children's Hour</p>
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<p>A child's lie has life-shattering consequences in this Oscar-nominated daring adaptation of Lillian Hellman's celebrated play. Karen (Hepburn) and Martha (MacLaine) are the headmistresses of an exclusive school for girls. When they discipline a malicious little girl, the vindictive child twists an overheard comment into slander and accuses her teachers of questionable behavior. Soon the scandalous gossip engulfs the school's community, with repercussions that are swift, crushing and tragic.</p>
<p>DVD | Color | 1962 | 107 min | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. | NR</p>
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<p><strong>Wednesday, July 13, 2016</strong>
</p><p><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20918853__SHow%20to%20See%20the%20World__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>How to See the World: An Introduction to Images, from Self-Portraits to Selfies, Maps to Movies, and More</em> with Nicholas D. Mirzoeff</a>, Professor of Media Culture and Communication at New York University.</p>
This illustrated <a href="https://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2016/07/13/how-see-world-introduction-images-self-portraits-selfies-maps-movies-and">lecture</a> reveals how images shape our lives, how to harness their power for good, and why they matter.</td>
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<p><strong>Thursday, July 14, 2016</strong>
</p><p><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20971332__SMarkets%20of%20Provence__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>Markets of Provence: Food, Antiques, Crafts, and More</em> with Marjorie R. Williams</a>, a food and travel writer.</p>
<p><span>This illustrated <a href="https://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2016/07/14/markets-provence-food-antiques-crafts-and-more-marjorie-r-williams">lecture</a> provides indispensable advice about visiting Provence, France, famous for its breathtaking landscapes, rich history, and flavorful foods and wines</span></p>
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<p><strong>Tuesday, July 19, 2016</strong></p>
<p><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20936523__SMagic%20and%20Loss__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>Magic and Loss: The Internet as Art </em>with Virginia Heffernan</a>, who writes regularly about digital culture for <em>The New York Times Magazine</em>.</p>
<p><span>This illustrated <a href="https://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2016/07/19/magic-and-loss-internet-art-virginia-heffernan-who-writes-regularly-about">lecture</a> reveals the logic and aesthetics behind the Internet. </span></p>
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<p><strong>Wednesday, July 20, 2016</strong></p>
<p><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20924302__S1941%3A%20Fighting%20the%20Shadow%20War__Orightresult__U__X4?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>1941: Fighting the Shadow War: A Divided America in a World at War</em> with Marc Wortman</a>, an independent historian and award-winning freelance journalist.</p>
<p><span>This illustrated <a href="https://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2016/07/20/1941-fighting-shadow-war-divided-america-world-war-marc-wortman">lecture</a> explores the little-known history of America’s clandestine involvement in World War II before the attack on Pearl Harbor. </span></p>
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<p><strong>Thursday, July 21, 2016</strong></p>
<p>"Flex Your Memory to Master Names and Faces" with Brent Sverdloff, author of <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20997814__SHow%20Could%20I%20Forget%20You%21%20__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def">How Could I Forget You! A Creative Way to Remember Names and Faces</a></em>, and a practitioner of trained-memory methods.</p>
<p><span>This illustrated <a href="https://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2016/07/21/flex-your-memory-boot-camp-your-brain-brent-sverdloff-author-how-could-i">lecture</a> and lively interactive workshop explores techniques for remembering sequential information (e.g., lists, speeches) plus names and faces. </span></p>
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<p><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20971331__SAmerican%20Daredevil__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>American Daredevil: The Extraordinary Life of Richard Halliburton, the World’s First Celebrity Travel Writer </em>with Cathryn J. Prince</a>, author of<em> Death in the Baltic</em>, <em>Burn the Town and Sack the Banks</em>, and <em>A Professor, a President, and a Meteor</em>.</p>
This <a href="https://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2016/07/25/american-daredevil-extraordinary-life-richard-halliburton-world%E2%80%99s-first">lecture</a> chronicles the life of the first celebrity adventure journalist, who served as an intrepid globetrotting guide for millions of Americans in the 1920s and ’30s.</td>
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<p><strong>Tuesday, July 26, 2016</strong></p>
<p><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20299472__SThe%20Marquis__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>The Marquis: Lafayette Reconsidered</em> with Laura Auricchio</a>, a School Dean at The New School in New York and a specialist in eighteenth-century French history and art.</p>
This illustrated <a href="https://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2016/07/26/marquis-lafayette-reconsidered-laura-auricchio">lecture</a> gives us a rich portrait of the man from birth to death, a man driven by dreams of glory and felled by tragic, human weaknesses.</td>
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<p><strong>Wednesday, July 27, 2016</strong></p>
<p><em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20584751__SBetter%20Than%20Before__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def">Better Than Before</a>: What I Learned About Making and Breaking Habits—To Sleep More, Quit Sugar, Procrastinate Less, and Generally Build A Happier Life</em> with Gretchen Rubin, writer on the linked subjects of habits, happiness, and human nature.</p>
Bestselling author and blogger Gretchen Rubin tackles the critical question during an illustrated <a href="https://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2016/07/27/better-mastering-habits-our-everyday-lives-gretchen-rubin-one-most">lecture</a>: How can we make good habits and break bad ones?</td>
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<p><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20971330__SAfter%20Marriage%20Equality__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>After Marriage Equality: The Future of LGBT Rights</em> with Carlos A. Ball</a>, Distinguished Professor of Law and Judge Frederick Lacey Scholar at the Rutgers University School of Law.</p>
<p><span>This illustrated <a href="https://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2016/06/28/after-marriage-equality-future-lgbt-rights-carlos-ball">lecture</a> explores crucial and wide-ranging social, political, and legal issues confronting the LGBT movement, including the impact of marriage equality on political activism and mobilization, antidiscrimination laws, transgender rights, LGBT elders, parenting laws and policies, religious liberty, sexual autonomy, and gender and race differences. </span></p>
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<p>Don’t miss the many interesting <a href="http://www.nypl.org/events/calendar?keyword=&amp;target%5B%5D=ad&amp;target%5B%5D=ya&amp;target%5B%5D=cr&amp;city%5B%5D=bx&amp;city%5B%5D=man&amp;city%5B%5D=si&amp;date_op=GREATER_EQUAL&amp;date1=07%2F01%2F2016&amp;location=45&amp;type=4320&amp;topic=&amp;audience=&amp;series=">films</a>, <a href="http://www.nypl.org/events/calendar?keyword=&amp;target%5B%5D=ad&amp;target%5B%5D=ya&amp;target%5B%5D=cr&amp;city%5B%5D=bx&amp;city%5B%5D=man&amp;city%5B%5D=si&amp;date_op=GREATER_EQUAL&amp;date1=07%2F01%2F2016&amp;location=45&amp;type=4313&amp;topic=&amp;audience=&amp;series=">book discussions</a>, and <a href="http://www.nypl.org/events/calendar?keyword=&amp;target%5B%5D=ad&amp;target%5B%5D=ya&amp;target%5B%5D=cr&amp;city%5B%5D=bx&amp;city%5B%5D=man&amp;city%5B%5D=si&amp;date_op=GREATER_EQUAL&amp;date1=07%2F01%2F2016&amp;location=45&amp;type=&amp;topic=&amp;audience=&amp;series=200787">computer and technology classes</a> on our program calendar. The theme for<em><a href="http://www.nypl.org/events/calendar?keyword=&amp;target%5B%5D=ad&amp;target%5B%5D=ya&amp;target%5B%5D=cr&amp;city%5B%5D=bx&amp;city%5B%5D=man&amp;city%5B%5D=si&amp;date_op=GREATER_EQUAL&amp;date1=07%2F01%2F2016&amp;location=45&amp;type=4327&amp;topic=&amp;audience=&amp;series=">Story Time for Grown-ups</a> </em>this month is <em>21st Century Stories</em>. If you enjoy talking about books, join us on Friday, July 8 for <a href="http://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2016/07/08/open-book-night-summer-city">Open Book Night</a>, the theme this month is<em> Summer in the City. </em></p>
<p>All of our programs and classes are free, so why not come and check one out! Hope to see you soon at the library!</p>
<p>Download the Mid-Manhattan Library's July 2016 Program Flyers here:</p>
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Gay and Lesbian Studieshttps://www.nypl.org/blog/2016/07/08/july-author-library-programs-mml#commentsFri, 08 Jul 2016 13:11:27 -0400Celebrating Queer Voices in Black Music Historyhttps://www.nypl.org/blog/2016/06/27/queer-voices-black-music
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<p><em>Kiani Ned, our Communications Intern, pays tribute to some of the greatest black queer musicians of all time in her latest blog post in honor of Pride Month and Black Music Month:</em>
</p><p>This month the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture celebrates Pride Month and Black Music Month by recognizing black queer musicians in the archive. Housed in our vast collection of materials and resources on black LGBTQ identity, which includes the In The Life Archive, are the portrait collections of blues singers Gertrude Ma Rainey, Ethel Waters, and Bessie Smith in the <a href="http://www.nypl.org/locations/divisions/photographs-and-prints-division">Photographs and Prints Division</a>.</p>
<h2>On the Black Queer Voice</h2>
<p>In her book <em><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b17556380~S67">Blues Legacies and Black Feminism</a></em>, Angela Davis posits that embodied in the voices of queer blues singers, Bessie Smith and Ma Rainey, was the newfound freedom of black folks to define their own lives and thus their romantic and sexual experiences after emancipation. Smith and Rainey sang about existing outside of gender norms. Their lyrics were sexually provocative and bold. They sang in detail about their sexual desire and tumultuous love affairs with men and women.</p>
<p>Both Smith and Rainey were at first condemned by record labels and black folks alike for their blues—music, lyrics, themes, and voices. Smith finessed the lyrics of her song with her incredible booming contralto. Rainey delivered an evocative moan. Their dynamic and robust voices were misunderstood and pigeonholed. Coincidence or not, the immensely powerful voices of these women weren’t sufficiently captured in their original gramophone recordings.</p>
<p>Even so, it was the voice of Bessie Smith that helped James Baldwin to reconcile his black and queer identities. When he fled the United States for France in 1948, he took with him a stack of Bessie Smith albums and played them daily on a portable Victrola. <em><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b14262323~S67">Life According to the Beat: James Baldwin, Bessie Smith, and the Perilous Sounds of Love</a></em> by Josh Kun discusses how her voice was the quintessence of the black, queer, American identity that he was running from.</p>
<p>In <em><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b19764650~S67">Sounding Like a No-no</a></em>, author Francesca T. Royster considers the voice as a space of gender transformation because the vocal chords and the throat exist in bodies despite one’s sex. One can use his or her voice to maintain or destroy norms of gender or sexual identity. The voice as a space of transformation is, too, an empowering space of self-discovery. </p>
<h2>Explore our Resources on Black LGBTQ Musicians at the Schomburg Center:</h2>
<p>In <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b10758450~S67">this sound recording</a> housed in the <a href="http://www.nypl.org/locations/divisions/moving-image-and-recorded-sound-division">Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division</a>, Billy Strayhorn—talented composer, pianist, peer of Duke Ellington, and openly gay black man—discusses his career and music.</p>
<p>Listen to the powerhouse voices of <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b11809074~S67">Billie Holiday</a>, <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b10621498~S67">Bessie Smith</a>, and <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b10707442~S67">Ma Rainey</a> for yourself in our <a href="http://www.nypl.org/locations/divisions/moving-image-and-recorded-sound-division">Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division</a>.</p>
<p>Portrait collections of <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b11487052~S67">Josephine Baker</a>, <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b11487734~S67">Johnny Mathis</a>, and <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b11527271~S67">Ethel Waters</a> can be found in the <a href="http://www.nypl.org/locations/divisions/photographs-and-prints-division">Photographs and Prints Division</a>.</p>
<p>Other archival materials by and about same gender loving and LGBT black folks can be found in our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/In-the-Life-Archive-409171132470659/" rel="nofollow">In The Life Archive</a>, a collection created to aid the preservation of these cultural materials. A non-comprehensive list of In The Life Archive collection can be found <a href="https://www.nypl.org/sites/default/files/Subject%20List_1.pdf">in our subject listing</a> under “Gay and Lesbian Studies.” Please visit the <a href="http://www.nypl.org/locations/divisions/manuscripts-archives-and-rare-books-division">Manuscripts, Archives, and Rare Books Division</a> for more information.</p>
African American Studieshttps://www.nypl.org/blog/2016/06/27/queer-voices-black-music#commentsMon, 27 Jun 2016 15:40:25 -040010 Years of LGBT Prize-Winning Readshttps://www.nypl.org/blog/2016/06/10/10-years-lambda-literary
Tracy O&#039;Neill<p>The <a href="http://www.lambdaliterary.org/awards/" rel="nofollow">Lambda Literary Awards</a>, or Lammys, have been recognizing incredible LGBT books since 1989. They "celebrate the best lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender books of the year and affirm that LGBTQ stories are part of the literature of the world." This year, as we celebrate LGBT Pride Month, we're looking back at the incredible Lammy winners of the last ten years. From short erotic fiction to a trans picture book and from LGBT graphic novels to a deeply reported book on Lawrence v. Texas, we can't wait for you to dig into the riches honored by Lambda over the last decade.</p>
<h2>2016</h2>
<p><img alt="dlm" class="media-element file-default" height="304" src="//www.nypl.org/sites/default/files/Jacket-19.jpg" style="float:right" title="dlm" width="200" />Lesbian Fiction: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20784348__SUnder%20the%20Udala%20Trees__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>Under the Udala Trees,</em></a> by Chinelo Okparanta<br />
Gay Fiction: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20847308__SGod%20in%20Pink__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>God in Pink</em></a>, by Hasan Namir<br />
Bisexual Fiction: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20617288__SThe%20Life%20and%20Death%20of%20Sophie%20Stark__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>The Life and Death of Sophie Stark</em></a>, by Anna North<br />
Bisexual Nonfiction: <em>Irrepressible: The Jazz Age Life of Henrietta Bingham, by Emily Bingham<br />
Transgender Fiction: Tiny Pieces of Skull, or a Lesson in Manners</em>, by Roz Kaveney<br />
LGBT Debut Fiction: <em>A Love Like Blood</em>, by Victor Yates<br />
LGBT Nonfiction: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20593769__S%E2%80%9CNo%20One%20Helped%E2%80%9D%3A%20Kitty%20Genovese%2C%20New%20York%20City%2C%20and%20the%20Myth%20of%20Urban%20Apathy__Orightresult__U__X4?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>“No One Helped”: Kitty Genovese, New York City, and the Myth of Urban Apathy</em></a>, by Marcia M. Gallo<br />
Transgender Nonfiction: <em>Born on the Edge of Race and Gender: A Voice for Cultural Competency</em>, by Willy Wilkinson<br />
Lesbian Poetry: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20525252__SLife%20in%20a%20Box%20Is%20a%20Pretty%20Life__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>Life in a Box Is a Pretty Life</em></a>, by Dawn Lundy Martin<br />
Gay Poetry (tie): <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20617799__SCrevasse__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>Crevasse</em></a>, by Nicholas Wong, and <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20784308__SReconnaissance__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>Reconnaissance</em></a>, by Carl Phillips<br />
Transgender Poetry: <em>succubus in my pocket</em>, by kari edwards<br />
Lesbian Mystery (tie): <em>Ordinary Mayhem</em>, by Victoria Brownworth, and <em>Tarnished Gold</em>, by Ann Aptaker<br />
Gay Mystery: <em>Boystown 7: Bloodlines</em>, by Marshall Thornton<br />
Lesbian Memoir/Biography: <em>Objects in Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear</em>, by Kate Carroll de Gutes<br />
Gay Memoir/Biography: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20540162__SJames%20Merrill%3A%20Life%20and%20Art__Orightresult__U__X4?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>James Merrill: Life and Art</em></a>, by Langdon Hammer<br />
Lesbian Romance: <em>Making A Comeback</em>, by Julie Blair<br />
Gay Romance: <em>When Skies Have Fallen</em>, by Debbie McGowan<br />
Lesbian Erotica: <em>The Muse</em>, by Meghan O’Brien<br />
Gay Erotica: <em>Érotiques Suprèmes</em>, by Miodrag Kojadinovic<br />
LGBT Anthology, Fiction: <em>Beyond: The Queer Sci-Fi &amp; Fantasy Comic Anthology</em>, edited by Sfé R. Monster and Taneka Stotts<br />
LGBT Anthology, Nonfiction: <em>Glitter and Grit: Queer Performance from the Heels on Wheels Femme Galaxy</em>, edited by Damien Luxe, Heather M. Ács, and Sabina Ibarrola<br />
LGBT Children’s/Young Adult: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20731813__SGeorge__P0%2C1__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>George</em></a>, by Alex Gino<br />
LGBT Drama: <em>Bright Half Life</em>, by Tanya Barfield<br />
LGBT Graphic Novels: <em>The Less Than Epic Adventures of TJ &amp; Amal</em>, by E.K. Weaver<br />
LGBT SF/F/Horror: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20616565__SThe%20Gracekeepers__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>The Gracekeepers</em></a>, by Kirsty Logan<br />
LGBT Studies: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20803522__SA%20Taste%20for%20Brown%20Bodies%3A%20Gay%20Modernity%20and%20Cosmopolitan%20Desire__Orightresult__U__X4?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>A Taste for Brown Bodies: Gay Modernity and Cosmopolitan Desire</em></a>, by Hiram Pérez<br />
The Pioneer Award: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__SMyles%2C%20Eileen%2C%20author.__Orightresult?lang=eng&amp;suite=def">Eileen Myles</a><br />
Trustee Award for Excellence in Literature: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__SAls%2C%20Hilton%2C%20author.__Orightresult?lang=eng&amp;suite=def">Hilton Als</a></p>
<h2>2015</h2>
<p>Bisexual Fiction: <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__SGive It to Me">Give It to Me</a></em>, by Ana Castillo<br />
Bisexual Nonfiction: <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__SFire Shut Up In My Bones">Fire Shut Up In My Bones</a></em>, by Charles M. Blow<br />
Gay Erotica: <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__SThe King Reisz">The King</a></em>, by Tiffany Reisz<br />
Gay General Fiction: <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__SI Loved You More">I Loved You More</a></em>, by Tom Spanbauer<br />
Gay Memoir/Biography (tie):<em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__S The Prince of Los Cocuyos"> The Prince of Los Cocuyos</a></em>, by Richard Blanco, and <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__STennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh">Tennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh</a></em>, by John Lahr,<br />
Gay Mystery: <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__SBlackmail, My Love: A Murder Mystery">Blackmail, My Love: A Murder Mystery</a></em>, by Katie Gilmartin<br />
Gay Poetry: <em>[insert] boy</em>, by Danez Smith<br />
Gay Romance: <em>Salvation: A Novel of the Civil War</em>, by Jeff Mann<br />
Lesbian Erotica: <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__SLesbian Sex Bible">Lesbian Sex Bible</a></em>, by Diana Cage<br />
Lesbian General Fiction: <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__SYabo">Yabo</a></em>, by Alexis De Veaux<br />
Lesbian Memoir/biography: <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__SAin&#039;t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around: Forty Years of Movement Building with Barbara Smith">Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around: Forty Years of Movement Building with Barbara Smith</a></em>, by Alethia Jones and Virginia Eubanks, with Barbara Smith<br />
Lesbian Mystery: <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__SThe Old Deep and Dark A Jane Lawless Mystery">The Old Deep and Dark: A Jane Lawless Mystery</a></em>, by Ellen Hart<br />
Lesbian Poetry: <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__SMysterious Acts by My People">Mysterious Acts by My People</a></em>, Valerie Wetlaufer<br />
Lesbian Romance: <em>The Farmer's Daughter</em>, Robbi McCoy<br />
LGBT Anthology: <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__SUnderstanding%20and%20Teaching%20Lesbian%2C%20Gay%2C%20Bisexual%2C%20and%20Transgender%20History__Orightresult__U?lang=eng&amp;suite=def">Understanding and Teaching U.S. Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender History</a></em>, by Leila J. Rupp &amp; Susan K. Freeman<br />
LGBT Children's/Young Adult: <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__SFive, Six, Seven, Nate!">Five, Six, Seven, Nate!</a></em>, by Tim Federle<br />
LGBT Debut: <em>The Walk-In Closet</em>, by Abdi Nazemian<br />
LGBT Drama: <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__SBootycandy">Bootycandy</a></em>, by Robert O'Hara<br />
LGBT Graphic Novels: <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__SSecond Avenue Caper">Second Avenue Caper</a></em>, by Joyce Brabner; Art by Mark Zingarelli<br />
LGBT Nonfiction: <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__SHold Tight Gently: Michael Callen, Essex Hemphill, and the Battlefield of AIDS">Hold Tight Gently: Michael Callen, Essex Hemphill, and the Battlefield of AIDS</a></em>, by Martin Duberman,<br />
LGBT SF/F/Horror: <em>Bitter Waters</em>, by Chaz Brenchley<br />
LGBT Studies: <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__SDelectable Negro: Human Consumption and Homoeroticism within US Slave Culture">Delectable Negro: Human Consumption and Homoeroticism within US Slave Culture</a></em>, by Vincent Woodard, Ed. Justin A. Joyce and Dwight McBride<br />
Transgender Fiction: <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__SA Safe Girl To Love">A Safe Girl To Love</a></em>, by Casey Plett<br />
Transgender Non-Fiction: <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__SMan Alive: A True Story of Violence, Forgiveness and Becoming a Man">Man Alive: A True Story of Violence, Forgiveness and Becoming a Man</a></em>, by Thomas Page McBee</p>
<h2>2014</h2>
<p><img alt="my education" class="media-element file-default" height="302" src="//www.nypl.org/sites/default/files/Jacket-17.jpg" style="float:right" title="my education" width="200" />Gay General Fiction: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20008032__SMundo%20Cruel%3A%20Stories%2C%20Luis%20Negron__Orightresult__U__X4?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>Mundo Cruel: Stories, Luis Negron</em></a>; translated by Suzanne Jill Levine<br />
Lesbian General Fiction: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb19876901__SHappiness%2C%20Like%20Water__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>Happiness, Like Water</em></a>, Chinelo Okparanta<br />
LGBT Debut: <em>Descendants of Hagar</em>, Nik Nicholson<br />
Bisexual Fiction: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb19806521__SMy%20Education__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>My Education</em></a>, Susan Choi<br />
Transgender Fiction: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20034614__SWanting%20in%20Arabic__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>Wanting in Arabic</em></a>, Trish Salah<br />
LGBT Nonfiction: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb19758707__SWhite%20Girls__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>White Girls</em></a>, Hilton Als<br />
Transgender Nonfiction: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb19786590__SThe%20End%20of%20San%20Francisco__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>The End of San Francisco</em></a>, Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore<br />
Bisexual Nonfiction: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb19812169__SThe%20B%20Word%3A%20Bisexuality%20in%20Contemporary%20Film%20and%20Television__Orightresult__U__X4?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>The B Word: Bisexuality in Contemporary Film and Television</em></a>, Maria San Filippo<br />
Gay Poetry: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20028745__SUnpeopled%20Eden__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>Unpeopled Eden</em></a>, Rigoberto Gonzalez<br />
Lesbian Poetry: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb19835919__SRise%20in%20the%20Fall__P0%2C1__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>Rise in the Fall</em></a>, Ana Bozicevic<br />
Graphic Novel: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb19750795__SCalling%20Dr.%20Laura%3A%20A%20Graphic%20Memoir__Orightresult__U__X4?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>Calling Dr. Laura: A Graphic Memoir</em></a>, Nicole J. Georges<br />
Children's/YA: (tie) <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20516407__SIf%20You%20Could%20Be%20Mine__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>If You Could Be Mine</em></a>, Sara Farizan and <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb19879492__STwo%20Boys%20Kissing__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>Two Boys Kissing</em></a>, David Levithan<br />
Gay Memoir/Biography: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb19903949__SA%20Heaven%20of%20Words%3A%20Last%20Journals__Orightresult__U__X4?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>A Heaven of Words: Last Journals</em></a>, by Glenway Wescott, Ed. Jerry Rosco<br />
Lesbian Memoir/Biography: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__SBody%20Geographic__Orightresult__U?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>Body Geographic</em></a>, Barrie Jean Borich<br />
Gay Mystery: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20298751__SThe%20Prisoner%20of%20the%20Riviera%3A%20A%20Francis%20Bacon%20Mystery__Orightresult__U__X1?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>The Prisoner of the Riviera: A Francis Bacon Mystery</em></a>, Janice Law<br />
Lesbian Mystery: <em>High Desert</em>, Katherine V. Forrest<br />
Gay Romance: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20616840__SInto%20This%20River%20I%20Drown__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>Into This River I Drown</em></a>, TJ Klune<br />
Lesbian Romance: <em>Clean Slate</em>, Andrea Bramhall<br />
Gay Erotica: <em>The Padisah’s Son and the Fox: an erotic novella</em>, Alex Jeffers<br />
Lesbian Erotica: <em>Wild Girls, Wild Nights: True Lesbian Sex Stories</em>, Ed. Sacchi Green<br />
Anthology (FICTION): <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20135876__SQueer%20Africa%3A%20New%20and%20Collected%20Fiction__Orightresult__U__X4?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>Queer Africa: New and Collected Fiction</em></a>, Karen Martin and Makhosazana Xaba<br />
Anthology (NON-FICTION): <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb19764671__SWho%E2%80%99s%20Yer%20DaddyPw%3D%3D%3A%20Gay%20Writers%20Celebrate%20Their%20Mentors%20and%20Forerunners__Orightresult__U__X4?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>Who’s Yer Daddy?: Gay Writers Celebrate Their Mentors and Forerunners</em></a>, Eds. Jim Elledge and David Groff<br />
Drama: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb19834544__STom%20at%20the%20Farm__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>Tom at the Farm</em></a>, Michel Marc Bouchard<br />
Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20279929__SDeath%20by%20Silver__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>Death by Silver</em></a>, Melissa Scott &amp; Amy Griswold<br />
LGBT Studies: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb19982062__SSafe%20Space%3A%20Gay%20Neighborhood%20History%20and%20the%20Politics%20of%20Violence__Orightresult__U__X4?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>Safe Space: Gay Neighborhood History and the Politics of Violence</em></a>, Christina B. Hanhardt</p>
<h2>2013</h2>
<p><img alt="sea and fog" class="media-element file-default" height="285" src="//www.nypl.org/sites/default/files/Jacket-13.jpg" style="float:right" title="sea and fog" width="200" />Transgender Fiction: <em>The Collection: Short Fiction From The Transgender Vanguard</em>, edited by Tom Léger and Riley MacLeod<br />
Transgender Nonfiction: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb19658870__STransfeminist%20Perspectives%20in%20and%20beyond%20Transgender%20and%20Gender%20Studies__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>Transfeminist Perspectives in and beyond Transgender and Gender Studies</em></a>, edited by Anne Enke<br />
Bisexual Literature: (tie) <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb19606354__SIn%20One%20Person__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>In One Person</em></a>, John Irving and <em>My Awesome Place: The Autobiography of Cheryl B</em>, Cheryl Burke<br />
Gay General Fiction: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb19713573__SEverything%20Begins%20and%20Ends%20at%20the%20Kentucky%20Club__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>Everything Begins and Ends at the Kentucky Club</em></a>, Benjamin Alire Saenz<br />
Gay Memoir/Biography: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb19640815__SFire%20in%20the%20Belly__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>Fire in the Belly</em></a>, Cynthia Carr<br />
Gay Mystery: <em>Lake on the Mountain: A Dan Sharp Mystery</em>, Jeffrey Round<br />
Gay Poetry: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb19615378__SHe%20Do%20the%20Gay%20Man%20in%20Different%20Voices__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>He Do the Gay Man in Different Voices</em></a>, Stephen S. Mills<br />
Gay Romance: <em>Kamikaze Boys</em>, Jay Bell<br />
Gay Erotica: <em>The Facialist</em>, Mykola Dementiuk<br />
Lesbian General Fiction: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb19327852__SThe%20World%20We%20Found%3A%20A%20Novel__Orightresult__U__X4?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>The World We Found: A Novel</em></a>, Thrity Umrigar<br />
Lesbian Memoir/Biography: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb19476903__SWhy%20Be%20Happy%20When%20You%20Could%20Be%20NormalPw%3D%3D__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?</em></a>, Jeanette Winterson<br />
Lesbian Mystery: <em>Ill Will</em>, J.M. Redmann<br />
Lesbian Poetry: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb19602534__SSea%20and%20Fog__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>Sea and Fog</em></a>, Etel Adnan<br />
Lesbian Romance: <em>Month of Sundays</em>, Yolanda Wallace<br />
Lesbian Erotica: <em>The Harder She Comes: Butch/Femme Erotica</em>, D.L. King<br />
Anthology: <em>No Straight Lines: Four Decades of Queer Comics</em>, Justin Hall – Editor<br />
Children’s/Young Adult: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20516400__SAristotle%20and%20Dante%20Discover%20the%20Secrets%20of%20the%20Universe__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe</em></a>, Benjamin Alire Saenz<br />
LGBT Debut Fiction: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb19825153__SThe%20Summer%20We%20Got%20Free__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>The Summer We Got Free</em></a>, Mia McKenzie<br />
Drama: <em>The Myopia and Other Plays by David Greenspan</em>, Marc Robinson<br />
Nonfiction: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb19476917__SFlagrant%20Conduct%3A%20The%20Story%20of%20Lawrence%20v.%20Texas__Orightresult__U__X4?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>Flagrant Conduct: The Story of Lawrence v. Texas</em></a>, Dale Carpenter<br />
Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror: <em>Green Thumb</em>, Tom Cardamone<br />
LGBT Studies: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb19737289__SPerforming%20Queer%20Latinidad%3A%20Dance%2C%20Sexuality%2C%20Politics__Orightresult__U__X4?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>Performing Queer Latinidad: Dance, Sexuality, Politics</em></a>, Ramón H. Rivera-Servera<br />
Dr. James Duggins Mid-Career Novelist Prize: Nicola Griffith and Trebor Healey<br />
Dr. Betty Berzon Emerging Writer Awards: Sassafras Lowrey and Carter Sickels</p>
<h2>2012</h2>
<p><img alt="putting makeup on the fat boy" class="media-element file-default" height="302" src="//www.nypl.org/sites/default/files/Jacket-12.jpg" style="float:right" title="putting makeup on the fat boy" width="200" />Lesbian Debut Fiction: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb19692468__SZipper%20Mouth__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>Zipper Mouth</em></a>, by Laurie Weeks<br />
Lesbian General Fiction: <em>Six Metres of Pavement</em>, by Farzana Doctor<br />
Lesbian Memoir/Biography: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb19620249__SWhen%20We%20Were%20Outlaws%3A%20A%20Memoir%20of%20Love%20%26%20Revolution__Orightresult__U__X4?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>When We Were Outlaws: A Memoir of Love &amp; Revolution</em></a>, by Jeanne Córdova<br />
Lesbian Mystery: <em>Dying to Live</em>, by Kim Baldwin &amp; Xenia Alexiou<br />
Lesbian Poetry: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb19477445__SLove%20Cake__P0%2C1__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>Love Cake</em></a>, by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha<br />
Lesbian Romance: <em>Taken by Surprise</em>, by Kenna White<br />
Lesbian Erotica: <em>Story of L</em>, by Debra Hyde<br />
Gay Debut Fiction: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb19962687__SQuarantine%3A%20Stories__Orightresult__U__X4?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>Quarantine: Stories</em></a>, by Rahul Mehta<br />
Gay General Fiction: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb18709931__SThe%20Empty%20Family__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>The Empty Family</em></a>, by Colm Tóibín<br />
Gay Memoir/Biography: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb18843551__SThe%20Jack%20Bank%3A%20A%20Memoir%20of%20a%20South%20African%20Childhood__Orightresult__U__X4?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>The Jack Bank: A Memoir of a South African Childhood</em></a>, by Glen Retief<br />
Gay Mystery: <em>Red White Black and Blue</em>, by Richard Stevenson, MLR Press<br />
Gay Poetry: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb19028248__SA%20Fast%20Life%3A%20The%20Collected%20Poems__Orightresult__U__X4?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>A Fast Life: The Collected Poems</em></a> of Tim Dlugos, edited by David Trinidad<br />
Gay Romance: <em>Every Time I Think of You</em>, by Jim Provenzano<br />
Gay Erotica: <em>All Together</em>, by Dirk Vanden<br />
Transgender Fiction: <em>Take Me There: Trans and Genderqueer Erotica</em>, edited by Tristan Taormino<br />
Transgender Nonfiction: Tango: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb19281855__SMy%20Childhood%2C%20Backwards%20and%20in%20High%20Heels__Orightresult__U__X4?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>My Childhood, Backwards and in High Heels</em></a>, by Justin Vivian Bond<br />
Bisexual Fiction: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb18794866__SThe%20Correspondence%20Artist__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>The Correspondence Artist</em></a>, by Barbara Browning<br />
Bisexual Nonfiction: <em>The Horizontal Poet</em>, by Jan Steckel<br />
Anthology: <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb19537500__SGay%20Latino%20Studies%3A%20A%20Critical%20Reader__Orightresult__U__X4?lang=eng&amp;suite=def">Gay Latino Studies: A Critical Reader</a></em>, edited by Michael Hames-García and Ernesto Javier Martínez<br />
Children's/Young Adult: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb19327907__SPutting%20Makeup%20on%20the%20Fat%20Boy__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>Putting Makeup on the Fat Boy</em></a>, by Bil Wright, Simon &amp; Schuster<br />
Drama: <em>A Menopausal Gentleman: The Solo Performances of Peggy Shaw</em>, by Peggy Shaw<br />
Nonfiction: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb18840008__SA%20Queer%20History%20of%20the%20United%20States__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>A Queer History of the United States</em></a>, by Michael Bronski<br />
Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror: <em>The German</em>, by Lee Thomas<br />
LGBT Studies: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb19643112__SSister%20Arts%3A%20The%20Erotics%20of%20Lesbian%20Landscapes__Orightresult__U__X4?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>Sister Arts: The Erotics of Lesbian Landscapes</em></a>, by Lisa L. Moore</p>
<h2>2011</h2>
<p><img alt="king kong theory" class="media-element file-default" height="325" src="//www.nypl.org/sites/default/files/Jacket-8.jpg" style="float:right" title="king kong theory" width="200" />Bisexual Fiction: <em>The Lunatic, the Lover, and the Poet</em> by Myrlin A. Hermes<br />
Bisexual Nonfiction: <em>Border Sexualities, Border Families in Schools</em> by Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli<br />
Transgender Fiction: <em>Holding Still for As Long As Possible</em>, by Zoe Whittall<br />
Transgender Nonfiction: <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb18978615__SBalancing%20on%20the%20Mechitza%3A%20Transgender%20in%20Jewish%20Community__Orightresult__U__X4?lang=eng&amp;suite=def">Balancing on the Mechitza: Transgender in Jewish Community</a> </em>by Noach Dzmura<br />
Anthology: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb19022566__SThe%20Next%20Generation%20bornstein__Orightresult__U__X2?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>Gender Outlaws: The Next Generation</em></a>, edited by Kate Bornstein &amp; S. Bear Bergman<br />
Children's/Young Adult: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb19899859__SWildthorn__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>Wildthorn</em></a>, by Jane Eagland<br />
Drama: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb18685818__SOedipus%20at%20Palm%20Springs%3A%20A%20Five%20Lesbian%20Brothers%20Play__Orightresult__U__X1?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>Oedipus at Palm Springs: A Five Lesbian Brothers Play</em></a>, by Maureen Angelos, Dominique Dibbell, Peg Healey, &amp; Lisa Kron<br />
LGBT Nonfiction: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb18312342__SKing%20Kong%20Theory__P0%2C1__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>King Kong Theory</em></a>, by Virginie Despentes<br />
Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb18845462__SDiana%20Comet%20and%20Other%20Improbable%20Stories__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>Diana Comet and Other Improbable Stories</em></a>, by Sandra McDonald<br />
LGBT Studies: (tie) <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb18440029__SAnother%20Country%3A%20Queer%20Anti-Urbanism__Orightresult__U__X4?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>Another Country: Queer Anti-Urbanism</em></a>, by Scott Herring and <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb18401908__SAssuming%20a%20Body%3A%20Transgender%20and%20Rhetorics%20of%20Materiality__Orightresult__U__X4?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>Assuming a Body: Transgender and Rhetorics of Materiality</em></a>, by Gayle Salamon<br />
Lesbian Debut Fiction: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb18580220__SSub%20Rosa__P0%2C1__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>Sub Rosa</em></a>, by Amber Dawn<br />
Lesbian Erotica: <em>Sometimes She Lets Me: Best Butch/Femme Erotica</em>, edited by Tristan Taormina<br />
Lesbian Fiction: <em>Inferno (a poet’s novel)</em>, by Eileen Myles<br />
Lesbian Memoir/Biography: (tie) <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb18392321__SHammer%21%3A%20Making%20Movies%20Out%20of%20Sex%20and%20Life__Orightresult__U__X2?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>Hammer!: Making Movies Out of Sex and Life</em></a>, by Barbara Hammer and <em>Wishbone: A Memoir in Fractures</em>, by Julie Marie Wade<br />
Lesbian Mystery: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20041126__SFever%20of%20the%20Bone__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>Fever of the Bone</em></a>, by Val McDermid<br />
Lesbian Poetry: <em>The Nights Also</em>, by Anna Swanson<br />
Lesbian Romance: <em>River Walker</em>, by Cate Culpepper<br />
Gay Debut Fiction: <em>Bob the Book</em>, by David Pratt<br />
Gay Erotica: <em>Teleny and Camille</em>, by Jon Macy<br />
Gay Fiction: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb18139477__SUnion%20Atlantic__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>Union Atlantic</em></a>, by Adam Haslett<br />
Gay Memoir/Biography: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb18444111__SSecret%20Historian%3A%20The%20Life%20and%20Times%20of%20Samuel%20Steward%2C%20Professor%2C%20Tattoo%20Artist%20and%20Sexual%20Renegade__Orightresult__U__X4?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>Secret Historian: The Life and Times of Samuel Steward, Professor, Tattoo Artist and Sexual Renegade</em></a>, by Justin Spring<br />
Gay Mystery: <em>Echoes</em>, by David Lennon<br />
Gay Poetry: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb18693472__Sbrian%20teare__P0%2C2__Orightresult__U__X4?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>Pleasure</em></a>, by Brian Teare<br />
Gay Romance: <em>Normal Miguel</em>, by Erik Orrantia</p>
<h2>2010</h2>
<p><img alt="leaving india" class="media-element file-default" height="300" src="//www.nypl.org/sites/default/files/Jacket-5_4.jpg" style="float:right" title="leaving india" width="200" />Anthology: <em>Portland Queer: Tales of the Rose City</em>, edited by Ariel Gore<br />
Children's/Young Adult: <em>Sprout</em>, by Dale Peck<br />
Drama: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb18225377__SThe%20Collected%20Plays%20Of%20Mart%20Crowley__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>The Collected Plays Of Mart Crowley</em></a>, by Mart Crowley<br />
Nonfiction: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb18158177__SThe%20Greeks%20and%20Greek%20Love__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>The Greeks and Greek Love</em></a>, by James Davidson<br />
Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb18029004__SPalimpsest__P0%2C8__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>Palimpsest</em></a>, by Catherynne M. Valente<br />
LGBT Studies: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb18164929__SThe%20Straight%20State%3A%20Sexuality%20and%20Citizenship%20in%20Twentieth%20Century%20America__Orightresult__U__X4?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>The Straight State: Sexuality and Citizenship in Twentieth Century America</em></a>, by Margot Canaday<br />
Bisexual Fiction: (tie) <em>Holy Communion</em>, by Mykola Dementiuk and <em>Love You Two</em>, by Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli<br />
Bisexual Nonfiction: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb18052294__SLeaving%20India%3A%20My%20Family%E2%80%99s%20Journey%20From%20Five%20Villages%20to%20Five%20Continents__Orightresult__U__X4?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>Leaving India: My Family’s Journey From Five Villages to Five Continents</em></a>, by Minal Hajratwala<br />
Transgender: <em>Lynnee Breedlove’s One Freak Show</em>, by Lynn Breedlove<br />
Lesbian Debut Fiction: <em>The Creamsickle</em>, by Rhiannon Argo<br />
Gay Debut Fiction: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20524688__SBlue%20Boy__P0%2C3__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>Blue Boy</em></a>, by Rakesh Satyal<br />
Lesbian Erotica: <em>Lesbian Cowboys</em>, edited by Sacchi Green &amp; Rakelle Valencia<br />
Gay Erotica: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb18164838__SImpossible%20Princess__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>Impossible Princess</em></a>, by Kevin Killian<br />
Lesbian Fiction: <em>A Field Guide to Deception</em>, by Jill Malone<br />
Gay Fiction: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb18670492__SLake%20Overturn__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>Lake Overturn</em></a>, by Vestal McIntyre<br />
Lesbian Memoir/Biography: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb18140362__SThe%20Talented%20Miss%20Highsmith%3A%20The%20Secret%20Life%20and%20Serious%20Art%20of%20Patricia%20Highsmith__Orightresult__U__X4?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>The Talented Miss Highsmith: The Secret Life and Serious Art of Patricia Highsmith</em></a>, by Joan Schenkar<br />
Gay Memoir/Biography: <em>Ardent Spirits: Leaving Home, Coming Back</em>, by Reynolds Price<br />
Lesbian Mystery: <em>Death of a Dying Man</em>, by J.M. Redmann<br />
Gay Mystery: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb18280814__SWhat%20We%20Remember__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>What We Remember</em></a>, by Michael Thomas Ford<br />
Lesbian Poetry: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb18134341__SZero%20at%20the%20Bone__P0%2C1__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>Zero at the Bone</em></a>, by Stacie Cassarino<br />
Gay Poetry: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb18085970__SSweet%20Core%20Orchard__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>Sweet Core Orchard</em></a>, by Benjamin S. Grossberg<br />
Lesbian Romance: <em>The Sublime and Spirited Voyage of Original Sin</em>, by Colette Moody<br />
Gay Romance: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20531697__SDrama%20Queers%21__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>Drama Queers!</em></a>, by Frank Anthony Polito</p>
<h2>2009</h2>
<p><img alt="finlater" class="media-element file-default" height="276" src="//www.nypl.org/sites/default/files/Jacket-4_10.jpg" style="float:right" title="finlater" width="200" />Anthology: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb17338860__SOur%20Caribbean__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>Our Caribbean</em></a> edited by Thomas Glave<br />
Bisexual: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb17785539__Sjenny%20block__P0%2C2__Orightresult__U__X4?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>Open</em></a> by Jenny Block<br />
Transgender: <em>Intersex (For Lack of a Better Word)</em> by Thea Hillman<br />
Children's/Young Adult: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb17401171__SOut%20of%20the%20Pocket__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>Out of the Pocket</em></a> by Bill Konigsberg<br />
LGBT Drama: <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb12472697__SThe%20Second%20Coming%20of%20Joan%20of%20Arc__Orightresult__U__X6?lang=eng&amp;suite=def">The Second Coming of Joan of Arc</a></em> by Carolyn Gage<br />
Nonfiction: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb16862649__SLoving%20The%20Difficult__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>Loving The Difficult</em></a> by Jane Rule<br />
Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror: <em>Turnskin</em> by Nicole Kimberling<br />
LGBT Studies: <em>Criminal Intimacy: Prison and the Uneven History of Modern American Sexuality</em> by Regina Kunzel<br />
Lesbian Debut Fiction: <em>The Bruise</em> by Magdalena Zurawski<br />
Lesbian Erotica: <em>In Deep Waters 2: Cruising the Strip</em> by Radclyffe and Karin Kallmaker<br />
Lesbian General Fiction: (tie) <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb17365924__SThe%20Sealed%20Letter__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>The Sealed Letter</em></a> by Emma Donoghue and <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb16854133__SAll%20the%20Pretty%20Girls__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>All the Pretty Girls</em></a> by Chandra Mayor<br />
Lesbian Memoir/Biography: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb18048947__SSex%20Talks%20to%20Girls%3A%20A%20Memoir__Orightresult__U__X4?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>Sex Talks to Girls: A Memoir</em></a> by Maureen Seaton<br />
Lesbian Mystery: <em>Whacked</em> by Josie Gordon<br />
Lesbian Poetry: <em>love belongs to those who do the feeling</em> by Judy Grahn<br />
Lesbian Romance: <em>The Kiss That Counted</em> by Karin Kallmaker<br />
Gay Debut Fiction:<a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb17385677__S%20Finlater__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em> Finlater</em></a> by Shawn Stewart Ruff<br />
Gay Erotica: <em>Best Gay Erotica 2009</em> by Richard Labonte &amp; James Lear<br />
Gay General Fiction: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb17814265__SWe%20Disappear__P0%2C1__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>We Disappear</em></a> by Scott Heim<br />
Gay Memoir/Biography: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20798588__SEdward%20Carpenter%3A%20A%20Life%20of%20Liberty%20and%20Love__Orightresult__U__X4?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>Edward Carpenter: A Life of Liberty and Love</em></a> by Sheila Rowbotham<br />
Gay Mystery: <em>First You Fall</em> by Scott Sherman<br />
Gay Poetry: (tie) <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb17786372__SFire%20to%20Fire__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>Fire to Fire</em></a> by Mark Doty and <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb16831477__SNow%20You%E2%80%99re%20the%20Enemy__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>Now You’re the Enemy</em></a> by James Allen Hall<br />
Gay Romance: <em>Got ’til it’s Gone</em> by Larry Duplechan</p>
<h2>2008</h2>
<p><img alt="among other things" class="media-element file-default" height="312" src="//www.nypl.org/sites/default/files/Jacket-2_14.jpg" style="float:right" title="among other things" width="200" />Anthology: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb16765873__SFirst%20Person%20Queer__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>First Person Queer</em></a>, edited by Richard Labonte and Lawrence Schimel<br />
Bisexual: <em>Split Screen</em>, Brent Hartinger<br />
Transgender: <em>Transparent</em>, Cris Beam<br />
Children/Young Adult: <em>Hero</em>, Perry Moore<br />
Drama: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20510502__SReturn%20to%20the%20Caffe%20Cino__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>Return to the Caffe Cino</em></a>, edited by Steve Susoyev and George Birimisa<br />
Nonfiction: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb17277474__SGay%20Artists%20in%20Modern%20American%20Culture__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>Gay Artists in Modern American Culture</em></a>, Michael S. Sherry<br />
Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb17685789__SThe%20Dust%20of%20Wonderland__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>The Dust of Wonderland</em></a>, Lee Thomas<br />
LGBT Studies: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb16504260__SBetween%20Women__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>Between Women</em></a>, Sharon Marcus<br />
Lesbian Debut Fiction: <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb17237704__SAmong%20Other%20Things%2C%20I%E2%80%99ve%20Taken%20Up%20Smoking__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def">Among Other Things, I’ve Taken Up Smoking</a></em>, Aoibheann Sweeney<br />
Lesbian General Fiction: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb16532775__SThe%20IHOP%20Papers__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>The IHOP Papers</em></a>, Ali Liebegott<br />
Lesbian Memoir/Biography: <em>And Now We Are Going to Have a Party</em>, Nicola Griffith<br />
Lesbian Mystery: <em>Wall of Silence</em>, Gabrielle Goldsby<br />
Lesbian Romance: <em>Out of Love</em>, K. G. MacGregor<br />
Gay Debut Fiction: <em>A Push and a Shove</em>, Christopher Kelly<br />
Gay General Fiction: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb17733311__SCall%20Me%20By%20Your%20Name__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>Call Me By Your Name</em></a>, Andre Aciman<br />
Gay Memoir/Biography: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb16530648__SMississippi%20Sissy__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>Mississippi Sissy</em></a>, Kevin Sessums<br />
Gay Mystery: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb17750692__SMurder%20in%20the%20Rue%20Chartres__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>Murder in the Rue Chartres</em></a>, Greg Herren<br />
Gay Romance: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb17691009__SChanging%20Tides__P0%2C1__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>Changing Tides</em></a>, Michael Thomas Ford<br />
Arts &amp; Culture: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb17250014__SThe%20View%20From%20Here%20hays__Orightresult__U__X2?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>The View From Here</em></a>, Matthew Hays<br />
LGBT Erotica: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb16577885__Ssixty%20Years%20of%20Gay%20Erotica__Orightresult__U__X4?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>Homosex: 60 Years of Gay Erotica</em></a>, Simon Sheppard<br />
Spirituality: <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb17886553__SMy%20Lucky%20Star__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def">The After-Death Room</a></em> by Michael McColly<br />
LGBT Poetry: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb17641667__SBlackbird%20and%20Wolf__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>Blackbird and Wolf</em></a>, Henri Cole</p>
<h2>2007</h2>
<p><img alt="lemon hound" class="media-element file-default" height="377" src="//www.nypl.org/sites/default/files/Jacket-1_22.jpg" style="float:right" title="lemon hound" width="200" />Anthology: <em>Love, Bourbon Street</em>, edited by Greg Herren &amp; Paul J. Willis<br />
Bisexual: <em>The Bisexual’s Guide to the Universe</em>, Michael Szymanski &amp; Nicole Kristal<br />
Transgender: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb17170025__SThe%20Transgender%20Studies%20Reader__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>The Transgender Studies Reader</em></a> edited by Susan Stryker &amp; Stephen Whittle<br />
Children's/Young Adult: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb17917083__SThe%20Full%20Spectrum__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>The Full Spectrum</em></a>, edited by David Levithan &amp; Billy Merrell<br />
Drama: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb16346731__S1001%20Beds__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>1001 Beds</em></a> by Tim Miller<br />
Nonfiction: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb19853677__SGAY%20L.A.__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>GAY L.A.</em></a> by Lillian Faderman &amp; Stuart Timmons<br />
Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror: <em>Izzy and Eve</em> by Neal Drinnan<br />
LGBT Studies: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb16455626__STheir%20Own%20Receive%20Them%20Not__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>Their Own Receive Them Not</em></a> by Horace Griffin<br />
Lesbian Debut Fiction: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb16501829__SThe%20Teahouse%20Fire__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>The Teahouse Fire</em></a> by Ellis Avery<br />
Lesbian Erotica: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb16872447__SWalk%20Like%20a%20Man__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>Walk Like a Man</em></a> by Laurinda D. Brown<br />
Lesbian General Fiction: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20839160__Snight%20watch__P0%2C2__Orightresult__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>The Night Watch</em></a> by Sarah Waters<br />
Lesbian Memoir/Biography: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb17740253__SFun%20Home__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>Fun Home</em></a> by Alison Bechdel<br />
Lesbian Mystery: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb17646687__SThe%20Art%20of%20Detection__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>The Art of Detection</em></a> by Laurie R. King<br />
Lesbian Poetry: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb16344852__Slemon%20hound__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>Lemon Hound</em></a> by Sina Queyras<br />
Lesbian Romance: <em>Fresh Tracks</em> by Georgia Beers<br />
Gay Debut Fiction: <em>Suspension</em> by Robert Westfield<br />
Gay Erotica: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb16860308__SA%20History%20of%20Barbed%20Wire__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>A History of Barbed Wire</em></a> by Jeff Mann<br />
Gay General Fiction:<em> Suspension</em> by Robert Westfield<br />
Gay Memoir/Biography: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb16304667__SThe%20Bill%20From%20My%20Father__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>The Bill From My Father </em></a>by Bernard Cooper<br />
Gay Mystery: <em>The Lucky Elephant Restaurant </em>by Garry Ryan<br />
Gay Poetry: <em>A History of My Tattoo</em> by Jim Elledge<br />
Gay Romance: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb17886553__SMy%20Lucky%20Star__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def">When the Stars Come Out</a> by Rob Byrnes<br />
Arts &amp; Culture: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb19853677__SGAY%20L.A.__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>GAY L.A.</em> </a>by Lillian Faderman &amp; Stuart Timmons<br />
Humor: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb17886553__SMy%20Lucky%20Star__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>My Lucky Star</em></a> by Joe Keenan<br />
Spirituality: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb17886553__SMy%20Lucky%20Star__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>The After-Death Room</em></a> by Michael McColly</p>
<h2>2006</h2>
<p><img alt="1" class="media-element file-default" height="300" src="//www.nypl.org/sites/default/files/Jacket_190.jpg" style="float:right" title="1" width="200" /><em>Anthology: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb17681114__Sfreedom%20in%20this%20village__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def">Freedom in this Village: 25 Years of Black, Gay Men’s Writing</a></em> edited by E. Lynn Harris<br />
Belles Lettres: <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb16091304__SThe%20Tricky%20Part__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def">The Tricky Part</a></em> by Martin Moran<br />
Biography: <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb17687728__SFebruary%20House__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def">February House</a></em> by Sherrill Tippins<br />
Children's/YA: <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb16518686__SSwimming%20in%20the%20Monsoon%20Sea__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def">Swimming in the Monsoon Sea</a></em> by Shyam Selvadurai<br />
Erotica: <em>Stolen Moments: Erotic Interludes 2</em> edited by Stacia Seaman and Radclyffe<br />
Gay Men's Debut Fiction: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb16138545__SYou%20Are%20Not%20the%20One__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>You Are Not the One</em></a> by Vestal McIntyre<br />
Gay Men's Fiction: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb16176620__SThe%20Sluts__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>The Sluts</em></a> by Dennis Cooper<br />
Gay Men's Mystery: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb16111423__SOne%20of%20These%20Things%20is%20Not%20Like%20the%20Other__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>One of These Things is Not Like the Other</em></a> by D. Travers Scott<br />
Gay Men's Poetry: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb17361078__SCrush__P0%2C6__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>Crush</em></a> by Richard Siken<br />
Humor: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb19982870__SDon%E2%80%99t%20Get%20too%20Comfortable__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>Don’t Get too Comfortable</em></a> by David Rakoff<br />
Lesbian Debut Fiction: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb19799838__SThe%20Beautifully%20Worthless__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>The Beautifully Worthless</em></a> by Ali Leibegott<br />
Lesbian Fiction: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb19760068__SBabyji__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>Babyji</em></a> by Abha Dawesar<br />
Lesbian Mystery: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20524037__SDesert%20Blood%3A%20The%20Juarez%20Murders__Orightresult__U__X4?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>Desert Blood: The Juarez Murders</em></a> by Alicia Gaspar De Alba<br />
Lesbian Poetry: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb17408657__SDirected%20by%20Desire%3A%20Collected%20Poems__Orightresult__U__X2?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>Directed by Desire: Collected Poems</em></a> by June Jordan<br />
LGBT Studies: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb16103914__SWhen%20Heroes%20Love%3A%20The%20Ambiguity%20of%20Eros%20in%20the%20Stories%20of%20Gilgamesh%20and%20David__Orightresult__U__X4?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>When Heroes Love: The Ambiguity of Eros in the Stories of Gilgamesh and David</em></a> by Susan Ackerman<br />
Nonfiction: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb16191944__SWords%20to%20Our%20Now__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>Words to Our Now</em></a> by Thomas Glave<br />
Romance: <em>Distant Shores, Silent Thunder</em> by Radclyffe<br />
Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror: <em>Daughters of an Emerald Dusk</em> by Katherine V. Forrest<br />
Spirituality: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb16176829__Squerying%20evangelism__Orightresult__X3?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>Qu(e)erying Evangelism</em></a> by Cheri DiNovo<br />
Transgender/Genderqueer: <em>Choir Boy</em> by Charlie Anders</p>
Gay and Lesbian Studieshttps://www.nypl.org/blog/2016/06/10/10-years-lambda-literary#commentsFri, 10 Jun 2016 10:26:35 -0400June Author @ the Library Programs at Mid-Manhattanhttps://www.nypl.org/blog/2016/06/01/june-author-library-mml
Alison N. Quammie, Senior Librarian, Mid-Manhattan Library at 42nd Street<p>Strengths and strains of adult-sibling relationships...genetic genealogy, issues of race, slavery reparations and reconciliation...the complex story of the South Street Seaport District...a gritty story of corruption, greed and law enforcement in Brooklyn...the adventures of Sherlock Holmes..."wellth" creation for a happier, healthier and meaningful life...a myth-shattering look at the challenges for LGBT Americans...explore urban and wild birding hotspots in New York City...the true story of elite team of women at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory...how Europe’s Jewish musicians were saved from the Nazis...transgender transformation and one American family’s journey...cyber wars and military information warfare squads...gay life in America from the '70s to present day...activism, passion and the persistence for marriage equality...</p>
<p>If any of these topics have piqued your interest, join us for an <a href="http://www.nypl.org/events/calendar?keyword=&amp;target%5B%5D=ad&amp;target%5B%5D=ya&amp;target%5B%5D=cr&amp;city%5B%5D=bx&amp;city%5B%5D=man&amp;city%5B%5D=si&amp;date_op=GREATER_EQUAL&amp;date1=06%2F01%2F2016&amp;location=45&amp;type=&amp;topic=&amp;audience=&amp;series=143302">Author @ the Library</a> talk this June at Mid-Manhattan Library!</p>
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<figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20951413__SAdult%20Sibling%20Relationships__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="Adult Sibling Relationships" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=9780231165174" width="150px" /></a></figure></td>
<td>WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 2016<br /><br /><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20951413__SAdult%20Sibling%20Relationships__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def">A<em>dult Sibling Relationships</em></a> with Geoffrey Greif, PhD, Professor at the University of Maryland School of Social Work and Michael E. Woolley, PhD, MSW, DCSW, Associate Professor at the University of Maryland School of Social Work.<br /><br />
This illustrated lecture explores the strengths and strains of adult-sibling bonds. It clarifies the most confounding elements of sibling relationships and provides specific suggestions for realizing new, productive avenues of friendship in middle and later life.</td>
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<figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20858955__SIn%20The%20Social%20Life%20of%20DNA%2C__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="Social Life of DNA " src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=9780807033012" width="150px" /></a></figure></td>
<td>THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 2016<br /><br /><em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20858955__SIn%20The%20Social%20Life%20of%20DNA%2C__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def">The Social Life of DNA: Race, Reparations, and Reconciliation After the Genome</a> </em>with Alondra Nelson, Dean of Social Science and Professor of Sociology and Gender Studies at Columbia University.<br /><br />
This illustrated lecture shows that genetic genealogy is a new tool for addressing old and enduring issues, including grappling with the unfinished business of slavery: to foster reconciliation, to establish ties with African ancestral homelands, to rethink and sometimes alter citizenship, and to make legal claims for slavery reparations specifically based on ancestry.</td>
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<figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20844372__Spersuadable%3A%20how%20great__Orightresult__U__X4?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="Persuadable" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=9780062333896" width="150px" /></a>
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<div>MONDAY, JUNE 6, 2016</div>
<div><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20844372__Spersuadable%3A%20how%20great__Orightresult__U__X4?lang=eng&amp;suite=def">Persuadable : How Great Leaders Change their Minds to Change the World</a></div>
<div>Business consultant, Al Pittampalli describes a new trend in leadership: open-mindedness.
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<div>Pittampalli explains how humility, inconsistency, and radical open-mindedness have become powerful leadership assets. </div>
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<figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20195759__SPreserving%20South%20Street%20Seaport%3A%20The%20Dream%20and%20Reality%20of%20a%20New%20York%20Urban%20Renewal%20District%20__Orightresult__U__X4?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt=" Preserving South Street Seaport" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=9781479822577" width="150px" /></a></figure></td>
<td>WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 2016<br /><br /><em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20195759__SPreserving%20South%20Street%20Seaport%3A%20The%20Dream%20and%20Reality%20of%20a%20New%20York%20Urban%20Renewal%20District__Orightresult__U__X4?lang=eng&amp;suite=def">Preserving South Street Seaport: The Dream and Reality of a New York Urban Renewal District</a> </em>with James M. Lindgren, Professor of History at SUNY Plattsburgh, and the author of <em>Preserving the Old Dominion (</em>1993) and <em>Preserving Historic New England </em>(1995). This illustrated lecture tells the fascinating story, from the 1960s to the present, of the South Street Seaport District of Lower Manhattan.</td>
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<figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20825590__SCrooked%20Brooklyn%3ATaking%20Down%20__Orightresult__U__X4?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt=" Crooked Brooklyn " src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=9781250065186" width="150px" /></a></figure></td>
<td>MONDAY, JUNE 13, 2016<br /><br /><em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20825590__SCrooked%20Brooklyn%3ATaking%20Down%20Corrupt%20Judges%2C%20Dirty%20Politicians%2C%20Killers%20and%20Body%20Snatchers__Orightresult__U__X4?lang=eng&amp;suite=def">Crooked Brooklyn:Taking Down Corrupt Judges, Dirty Politicians, Killers and Body Snatchers</a></em> with Michael Vecchione, retired Chief of the Rackets Division of the Kings County District Attorney's Office, and Jerry Schmetterer, print and broadcast journalist This illustrated lecture is a gritty story of corruption, greed and law enforcement, and is filled with characters and stories ripped straight from the tabloids.</td>
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<figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb19602067__Sadventures%20of%20sherlock%20holmes%20book__P1%2C27__Orightresult__U__X1?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" src="//images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ts3app&amp;Password=ts276356&amp;Return=T&amp;Value=9780062085740&amp;Type=L" width="150px" /></a></figure></td>
<td>TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 2016<br /><br />
In celebration of the 125th anniversary of the June 1891 writing of <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb13183592__SA%20Scandal%20in%20Bohemia__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>A Scandal in Bohemia</em></a>, AC Doyle’s story for Strand Magazine that became the first story in the 1892 hardback anthology, <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb14174670__SThe%20Adventures%20of%20Sherlock%20Holmes__Ff%3Afacetavailability%3Atrue%3Atrue%3AAt%20the%20library%3A%3A__Ff%3Afacetmediatype%3Aa%3Aa%3ABOOKLw%3D%3DTEXT%3A%3A__Ff%3Afacetpubdate%3A18920000%3A18920000%3A1892%3A%3A__P0%2C1__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def">The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes</a></em>, a panel of Holmes experts talk about the incredibly durable popularity of that book and others in the canon, as well as the creation of the first “forensic detective.”</td>
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<figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20875577__SWellth%3A%20How%20I%20Learned%20__Orightresult__U__X4?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="Wellth" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=9781101904480" width="150px" /></a></figure></td>
<td>WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15, 2016<br /><br /><em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20875577__SWellth%3A%20How%20I%20Learned%20to%20Build%20a%20Life%2C%20Not%20a%20R%C3%A9sum%C3%A9%20__Orightresult__U__X4?lang=eng&amp;suite=def">Wellth: How I Learned to Build a Life, Not a Résumé </a></em>with Jason Wachob, the Founder and CEO of <a href="http://wellth.mindbodygreen.com/" rel="nofollow">mindbodygreen</a>, the leading independent media company dedicated to health and happiness with 15 million monthly unique visitors.<br />
This illustrated lecture redefines successful living and offers the audience a new life currency to build on, one that is steeped in wellbeing…Wellth.</td>
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<figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20588145__SIt%27s%20Not%20Over%3A%20Getting%20Beyond%20__Orightresult__U__X4?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="It&#039;s Not Over" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=9780544381001" width="150px" /></a></figure></td>
<td>THURSDAY, JUNE 16, 2016<br /><br /><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20588145__SIt%27s%20Not%20Over%3A%20Getting%20Beyond%20Tolerance%2C%20Defeating%20Homophobia%2C%20and%20Winning%20True%20Equality__Orightresult__U__X4?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>It's Not Over: Getting Beyond Tolerance, Defeating Homophobia, and Winning True Equality</em></a> with Michelangelo Signorile, best-selling author of <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb11763467__SQueer%20in%20America__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>Queer in America</em></a> and host of the Sirius XM radio show <em><a href="http://www.msignorile.com/radio.htm" rel="nofollow">The Michelangelo Signorile Show</a></em>.<br />
This illustrated lecture provides a myth-shattering look at the present and future of gay rights, addressing the challenges that lie ahead for LGBT Americans.</td>
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<figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20951414__SBirdwatching%20in%20New%20York%20__Orightresult__U__X6?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="Birdwatching in New York" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=9781611686784" width="150px" /></a></figure></td>
<td>MONDAY, JUNE 20, 2016<br /><br /><em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20951414__SBirdwatching%20in%20New%20York%20City%20and%20on%20Long%20Island__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def">Birdwatching in New York City and on Long Island</a></em> with Deborah Rivel, an award-winning wildlife film Producer/Director and owner of <a href="http://wildtones.com/" rel="nofollow">Wildtones </a>and Kellye Rosenheim, Director of Development at <a href="http://www.nycaudubon.org/" rel="nofollow"><em>New York City Audubon Societ</em>y</a> and avid leader of bird walks. This illustrated lecture enables birdwatchers to efficiently explore urban and wild birding hotspots. It gives seasonal information for both popular birding sites and those off the beaten path, with precise directions to the best viewing locations within the region’s diverse habitats.</td>
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<figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20924323__SRise%20of%20the%20Rocket%20Girls%20__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="Rise of the Rocket Girls" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=9780316338929" width="150px" /></a></figure></td>
<td>TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 2016<br /><br /><em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20924323__SRise%20of%20the%20Rocket%20Girls%20__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def">Rise of the Rocket Girls</a></em> with Nathalia Holt, Ph.D., a science writer and also author of <em>Cured: The People who Defeated HIV</em>.<br /><br />
This illustrated lecture presents the true story of a group of elite young women at <a href="http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/" rel="nofollow">NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory</a>. These women shared a love of math and and their work influenced military rocket design, brought us the first American satellite, shaped lunar missions, and ushered in a new era of space exploration that continues today at NASA where some of the women still work—now as senior engineers directing our missions to Mars and Venus.</td>
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<figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20907869__SOrchestra%20of%20Exiles__P0%2C1__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="Orchestra of Exiles" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=9780425281215" width="150px" /></a></figure></td>
<td>WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22, 2016<br /><br /><em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20907869__SOrchestra%20of%20Exiles__P0%2C1__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def">Orchestra of Exiles: The Story of Bronislaw Huberman, the Israel Philharmonic, and the One Thousand Jews He Saved from Nazi Horrors</a></em> with Josh Aronson, Academy Award-nominated writer, producer, and director of films, in dialogue with Jonathan F. P. Rose.<br />
In conversation with Jonathan F.P. Rose, the filmmaker and author discusses his new book, co-written with Denise George. The story of how world-renowned violinist Bronislaw Huberman helped save Europe's premier Jewish musicians from the Nazis, creating an ensemble that would become <a href="http://www.ipo.co.il/eng/about/history/.aspx" rel="nofollow">The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra</a>.</td>
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<figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20810193__SBecoming%20Nicole%3A%20The%20Transformation%20of%20an%20American%20Family__Orightresult__U__X4?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="Becoming Nicole " src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=9780812995411" width="150px" /></a></figure></td>
<td>THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 2016<br /><br /><em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20810193__SBecoming%20Nicole%3A%20The%20Transformation%20of%20an%20American%20Family__Orightresult__U__X4?lang=eng&amp;suite=def">Becoming Nicole: The Transformation of an American Family</a></em> with <a href="http://www.amynutt.com/" rel="nofollow">Amy Ellis Nutt</a>, a science writer at The Washington Post and Pulitzer Prize winner in feature writing This illustrated lecture tells the inspiring true story of a transgender girl, her identical twin brother, and an ordinary American family’s extraordinary journey to understand, nurture, and celebrate the uniqueness in us all.</td>
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<figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20913429__Sdark%20territory%20the%20secret__Orightresult__U__X4?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="Dark territory" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=9781476763255" width="150px" /></a></figure></td>
<td>MONDAY, JUNE 27, 2016<br /><br /><em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20913429__Sdark%20territory%20the%20secret__Orightresult__U__X4?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" id="recordDisplayLink2Component">Dark Territory : The Secret History of Cyber War</a></em> with Fred Kaplan, National Security Columnist columnist, Slate, Magazine; Former Edward R. Murrow Press Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations.<br /><br />
This illustrated lecture tells the untold story of cyber war, exploring the inner corridors of the National Security Agency, top secret units in the Pentagon, military "information warfare" squads, and White House national security debates.</td>
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<figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20907954__SStand%20by%20Me%3A%20%20The%20Forgotten__Orightresult__U__X4?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="Stand by Me" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=9780465032709" width="150px" /></a></figure></td>
<td>TUESDAY, JUNE 28, 2016<br /><br /><em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20907954__SStand%20by%20Me%3A%20%20The%20Forgotten__Orightresult__U__X4?lang=eng&amp;suite=def">Stand by Me: The Forgotten History of Gay Liberation</a></em> with James T. Downs, a Mellon New Directions Fellow at Harvard University and an associate professor of history at Connecticut College. This illustrated lecture shines a bright light on a triumphant moment, and transforms how we think about gay life in America from the 1970s into the present day.</td>
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<figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20951415__SLove%20Unites%20Us%3A%20Winning%20the%20Freedom%20to%20Marry%20in%20America%20__Orightresult__U__X4?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="Love Unites Us" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=9781595585509" width="150px" /></a></figure></td>
<td><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20951415__SLove%20Unites%20Us%3A%20Winning%20the%20Freedom%20to%20Marry%20in%20America%20__Orightresult__U__X4?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>Love Unites Us: Winning the Freedom to Marry in America</em></a> with Leslie Gabel-Brett, Director of <a href="http://www.lambdalegal.org/" rel="nofollow">Education for Lambda Legal</a>, Kevin Cathcart, former Executive Director of Lambda Legal, and Beverly Tillery, Executive Director of the <a href="http://www.avp.org/" rel="nofollow">NYC Anti-Violence Project.</a><br /><br />
This illustrated lecture features the history of activists’ passion and persistence in the struggle for marriage rights for same-sex couples in the United States, told in the words of those who waged the battle.</td>
</tr></tbody></table><p><a href="http://www.nypl.org/events/calendar?keyword=&amp;target%5B%5D=ad&amp;target%5B%5D=ya&amp;target%5B%5D=cr&amp;city%5B%5D=man&amp;date_op=GREATER_EQUAL&amp;date1=06%2F01%2F2016&amp;location=45&amp;type=&amp;topic=&amp;audience=&amp;series=143302">Author @ the Library</a>! is a series of monthly events where accomplished non-fiction authors discuss their work. You may meet the Author of interesting and engaging non-fiction reads, participate in a lively discussion and access books and materials on topics of interest. Come checkout a book, DVD or e-book on the topic.</p>
<p>Don’t miss the many interesting films, book discussions, as well as computer and technology classes on our program calendar. Sit back at <em><a href="http://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2016/06/13/story-time-grown-ups-fairy-tales-mythology-around-world">Story Time for Grown-ups</a>, </em><strong>Fairy Tales &amp; Mythology From Around the World</strong>, starting on June 13, If you enjoy talking about books, join us on Friday, June 10 for <em>Open Book Night</em>, our theme this month is <strong>Escapism</strong><em>. </em>The <em>Contemporary Classics Book Discussion</em> meets on Monday, June 6; the featured novel is <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb17335565__SMotherless%20Brooklyn__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>Motherless Brooklyn</em></a> by Jonathan Lethem.</p>
<p>All of our programs and classes are free, so why not come and check one out! Hope to see you soon at the library!</p>
<p>Download the Mid-Manhattan Library's June 2016 Author Talks &amp; More flyer.</p>
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</p>Sociologyhttps://www.nypl.org/blog/2016/06/01/june-author-library-mml#commentsWed, 01 Jun 2016 15:25:37 -0400GLBT Book Month: Identity as a Detail, Not Featurehttps://www.nypl.org/blog/2016/06/01/glbt-book-month-identity-detail
Lauren Bradley, Senior Librarian, Young Adult, 53rd Street Library<p>June is <a href="http://www.ala.org/glbtrt/glbt-book-month" rel="nofollow">GLBT (gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender) Book Month</a> and we are celebrating with some of our favorite reads. For a long time, GLBT stories were focused on the character’s sexual identity and the experience of coming out. While these stories are important, GLBT people are much more than that one piece of their identity and this is showing up in YA fiction. Here are some stories where this is a detail about the character, not the main focus of the story.</p>
<figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-left align-left inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20516402__Sproxy%20london__Orightresult__U__X2;jsessionid=CAD80CE2D59FC72A116300CE88CD510E?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="Proxy" height="300px" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=014751133X" width="undefined" /></a></figure><figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-left align-left inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__Smaplecroft__Orightresult__U?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="Maplecroft" height="300px" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=9780451466976" width="undefined" /></a></figure><figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-left align-left inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb19994005__Sgrasshopper%20jungle__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="Grasshopper Jungle" height="300px" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=9780525426035" width="undefined" /></a></figure><figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-left align-left inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb18541131__Smalinda%20lo__Orightresult__X4?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="Ash" height="300px" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=9780316040105" width="undefined" /></a></figure><figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-left align-left inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20811387__Scarry%20on__P0%2C2__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="Carry On" height="300px" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=9781250049551" width="undefined" /></a></figure><figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb18935787__Sbeauty%20queens__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="Beauty Queens" height="300px" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=9780439895972" width="undefined" /></a></figure><p><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20516402__Sproxy%20london__Orightresult__U__X2;jsessionid=CAD80CE2D59FC72A116300CE88CD510E?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>Proxy</em></a> by Alex London<br />
Every time Knox breaks the rules, Syd receives the punishment—literally. Syd has never met Knox, but he understands that taking his punishments is the only way to pay off his debts. The two were never supposed to meet.</p>
<p><em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__Smaplecroft__Orightresult__U?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>Maplecroft</em></a> </em>by Cherie Priest<br />
Lizzie Borden really did give her parents 40 whacks... but only because alien sea monsters took over their bodies.</p>
<p><em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb19994005__Sgrasshopper%20jungle__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>Grasshopper Jungle</em></a> </em>by Andrew Smith<br />
Austin and Robby are two best friends trying to survive the boredom of small town Iowa. They unwittingly unleash 6-foot tall praying mantises and must fight to save humanity from destruction, all while Austin battles his sex drive.</p>
<p><em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb18541131__Smalinda%20lo__Orightresult__X4?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>Ash</em></a> </em>by Malinda Lo<br />
This Cinderella retelling is steeped deep in fairy folklore, but Ash could not be any less interested in Prince Charming. She must chose between a fairy tale ending and the King’s Huntress.</p>
<p><em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20811387__Scarry%20on__P0%2C2__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>Carry On</em></a> </em>by Rainbow Rowell<br />
Simon Snow is a wizard at a magic school... but not THAT magic school. It’s his final year to defeat the nemesis and decide whether he loves or hates his vampire roommate Baz. (Psst, if you read <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__Sfangirl rowell"><em>Fangirl</em></a>, this is Cath’s fanfic).</p>
<p><em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb18935787__Sbeauty%20queens__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>Beauty Queens</em></a> </em>by Libba Bray<br />
It’s<em> <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__SLord of the Flies">Lord of the Flies</a></em> meets Miss America when a plane full of beauty pageant contestants crashed on a deserted island. Adina only entered the pageant to expose it from the inside, but now she and the other contestants must figure out how to make it out alive.</p>
<p>For more GLBT book recommendations follow <a href="https://www.instagram.com/nyplteens/" rel="nofollow">@nyplteens</a> on Instagram for #30DaysofQueerYA!</p>
Teen and Young Adult Literaturehttps://www.nypl.org/blog/2016/06/01/glbt-book-month-identity-detail#commentsWed, 01 Jun 2016 14:06:47 -0400Celebrating 2016's LGBT Pride Month at NYPLhttps://www.nypl.org/blog/2016/06/01/lgbt-pride-events
Jason Baumann, Coordinator of Humanities and LGBT Collections, General Research Division, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building<div class="digcol-image inline inline">
<figure class="caption caption caption digcol-image"><a href="http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e3-57b8-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99"><img alt=" 1582228" src="https://images.nypl.org/index.php?id=1582228&amp;t=w" width="100%" /></a>
<figcaption class="digcol-caption">Gay Liberation Front marches on Times Square, New York City, 1969. Image ID: 1582228</figcaption></figure></div>
<p>June is Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month, and the Library is proud to be hosting a wide array of events throughout the month to celebrate. Join us for conversations, trivia, dancing, and much more with one of our exciting events. For those unable to attend, <a class="catalog-link" href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__S%20(lesbian%20|%20gay%20|%20bisexual%20|%20transgender%20|%20queer%20|%20lgbt)%20f:a__Orightresult__U?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" title="check out a book">check out a book</a> or <a href="http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/collections/lane/gay-lesbian-history">browse our online resources</a> to learn more about LGBT history and the continuing fight for equality in the United States.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2016/06/03/first-fridays-lgbt-black-pride-edition"><strong>First Fridays: LGBTQ Black Pride Edition</strong></a><br />
Friday, June 3, 2016, 6–10 PM<br />
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture<br />
Join us as we celebrate our inspiring LGBTQ pioneers and the rich history housed in our In The Life Archive collection at our second annual First Fridays: Black LGBTQ Pride Edition. Groove to the music of DJ Missy B and Craig Nice in the Langston Hughes Lobby, and jam to DJ Frankie Paradise in the American Negro Theatre as you enjoy our signature drinks. Take advantage of our sponsored fair in the Latimer/Edison Gallery Lobby with tables provided by Destination Tomorrow, Housing Works, HEAT Project, AMIDA Care, Black Pride, Callen Lorde, Harlem Pride, and BOOM! Health. There will also be free health screenings outside the Schomburg Center provided by Housing Works and Boom Health. And you won’t want to miss a legendary drag performance by Harmonica Sunbeam, presented by our fabulous hosts, Dhalimu from Dhali’s closet and Lee Soulja from the House of Soulja. <a href="http://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2016/06/03/first-fridays-lgbt-black-pride-edition">Register or get more information.</a>
</p><p><a href="http://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2016/06/07/nypl-lgbt-pride-trivia-concert-hosted-isle-klezbos"><strong>NYPL LGBT Pride Trivia Concert - Hosted by Isle of Klezbos</strong></a><br />
Tuesday, June 7, 2016, 7 PM<br />
Joe’s Pub at the Public Theater - 425 Lafayette Street New York, NY 10003<br />
The Library continues its Trivia Concert series with a LGBT Pride month celebration, featuring the incredible Isle of Klezbos. Show off your pride and your knowledge of gay icons, queer artists, and gender-non-conforming heroes in this one-of-a-kind interactive event, featuring NYC’s powerhouse, fun loving all-women klezmer sextet. Come celebrate Pride, Library style, with questions inspired by the Library’s vast archives of LGBT activists, pioneers, and artists. Compete for prizes as an individual or as a team with your table. Doors at 6 PM, show at 7 PM, <strong>cover charge $20.</strong> <a href="http://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2016/06/07/nypl-lgbt-pride-trivia-concert-hosted-isle-klezbos">Register or get more information.</a>
</p><p><strong><a href="http://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2016/06/07/making-invisible-visible-nyc-lgbt-historic-sites-project-documenting">Making the Invisible Visible: NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project - Documenting Place-Based Cultural Heritage</a></strong><br />
Tuesday, June 7, 2016, 7–8:30 PM<br />
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, Celeste Auditorium<br />
With introductory remarks by historian George Chauncey (Gay New York) and a brief salute to special guest Dick Leitsch, pioneering Mattachine Society activist. Despite common misconception, New York City’s LGBT community has a long and vibrant history that predates the 1969 Stonewall rebellion. Existing historic sites associated with arts and culture, important social centers such as bars and LGBT organizational locations, residences of notable figures, and activism (to name a few) span as far back as the 18th century. Yet despite this history, these tangible reminders of the city’s LGBT community remain largely unknown and potentially endangered. At this program, learn about the NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project and its ongoing survey of historic and cultural sites throughout the five boroughs. Directors Andrew S. Dolkart, Ken Lustbader, and Jay Shockley and project manager Amanda Davis will also discuss the interactive online map of sites that the public will be able to use in order to learn more about LGBT place-based history and that will utilize the resources of the Library’s extensive LGBT collections. <a href="http://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2016/06/07/making-invisible-visible-nyc-lgbt-historic-sites-project-documenting">Register or get more information.</a></p>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2016/06/11/lgbt-philosophy-forum">LGBT Philosophy Forum</a></strong><br />
Saturday, June 11, 2016, 2:45–4:45 PM<br />
Muhlenberg Library<br />
For over 15 years the Forum has provided the LGBT community and its friends an open opportunity to gather and informally discuss important works of philosophy. <a href="http://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2016/06/11/lgbt-philosophy-forum">More information.</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2016/06/15/midweek-movie-danish-girl"><strong>Midweek Movie: The Danish Girl</strong></a><br />
Wednesday, June 15, 2016, 11:15 AM<br />
Riverside Library<br />
The remarkable love story inspired by the lives of artists Lili Elbe and Gerda Wegener. Lili and Gerda's marriage and work evolve as they navigate Lili's groundbreaking journey as a transgender pioneer. Eddie Redmayne, Alicia Vikander, Ben Whishaw, Sebastian Koch, Amber Heard, Matthias Schoenaerts, Tussie Silberg, Adrian Schiller. 2016, 120 minutes. <a href="http://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2016/06/15/midweek-movie-danish-girl">More information.</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2016/06/16/its-not-over-getting-beyond-tolerance-defeating-homophobia-and-winning"><strong>It's Not Over: Getting Beyond Tolerance, Defeating Homophobia, and Winning True Equality</strong></a><br />
Thursday, June 16, 2016, 6:30 PM<br />
Mid-Manhattan Library<br />
With Michelangelo Signorile, best-selling author of <em><a class="catalog-link" href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__S%20Queer%20in%20America%20:%20sex,%20the%20media,%20and%20the%20closets%20of%20power__Orightresult__U?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" title="Queer in America">Queer in America</a></em> and host of the Sirius XM radio show The Michelangelo Signorile Show, discusses <em><a class="catalog-link" href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__S%20It&#039;s%20Not%20Over:%20Getting%20Beyond%20Tolerance,%20Defeating%20Homophobia,%20and%20Winning%20True%20Equality__Orightresult__U?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" title=" Getting Beyond Tolerance, Defeating Homophobia, and Winning True Equality">It's Not Over: Getting Beyond Tolerance, Defeating Homophobia, and Winning True Equality</a></em>. This illustrated lecture provides a myth-shattering look at the present and future of gay rights, addressing the challenges that lie ahead for LGBT Americans. <a href="http://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2016/06/16/its-not-over-getting-beyond-tolerance-defeating-homophobia-and-winning">More information.</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2015/06/17/anti-prom-2016-secret-garden-prom"><strong>Anti-Prom 2016 (Only for teens ages 12 to 18)</strong></a><br />
Friday, June 17, 6:30–9 PM<br />
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building<br />
Teens ages 12 to 18, come dance the night away at the Library! Anti-Prom provides a free, alternative, safe space for all teens who may not feel welcome at official school programs or dances because of their sexuality, gender presentation, the way they dress, or any other reason. At the event, a DJ will be spinning and you can enjoy checking out the Secret Garden-inspired fashions created by Design NYPL's teen designers. Open only to students ages 12-18 with student ID. <a href="http://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2015/06/17/anti-prom-2016-secret-garden-prom"><strong>Register or get more information.</strong></a></p>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2016/06/21/shall-we-wed-financial-planning-same-sex-households">Shall We Wed? Financial Planning for Same-sex Households</a></strong><br />
Tuesday, June 21, 2016, 6–7:30 PM<br />
Science, Industry and Business Library (SIBL), Conference Room 018<br />
The Supreme Court ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges made same sex marriage the law of the land in all 50 states. What does this mean for those who are not married or considering marriage? Marriage is a very personal decision with important legal and financial implications. Learn how legal marriage might affect you—for better or worse! Presented by Thom Chu, Esq. <a href="http://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2016/06/21/shall-we-wed-financial-planning-same-sex-households">More information. </a></p>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2016/06/23/becoming-nicole-transformation-american-family-amy-ellis-nutt-science">Becoming Nicole: The Transformation of an American Family</a></strong><br />
Thursday, June 23, 2016, 6:30 PM<br />
Mid-Manhattan Library <br />
Amy Ellis Nutt, a science writer at The Washington Post and Pulitzer Prize winner in feature writing, discusses her book <a class="catalog-link" href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__S%20Becoming%20Nicole:%20The%20Transformation%20of%20an%20American%20Family__Orightresult__U?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" title=" The Transformation of an American Family."><em>Becoming Nicole: The Transformation of an American Family</em></a>. This illustrated lecture tells the inspiring true story of a transgender girl, her identical twin brother, and an ordinary American family’s extraordinary journey to understand, nurture, and celebrate the uniqueness in us all. <a href="http://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2016/06/23/becoming-nicole-transformation-american-family-amy-ellis-nutt-science">More information.</a></p>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2016/06/22/stand-me%C2%A0-forgotten-history-gay-liberation-james-t-downs">Stand by Me: The Forgotten History of Gay Liberation</a></strong><br />
Tuesday, June 28, 2016, 6:30 PM<br />
Mid-Manhattan Library <br />
With Jim Downs, a Mellon New Directions Fellow at Harvard University and an associate professor of history at Connecticut College. The history of the gay liberation has often been narrated as a story of political progress and sexual freedom, but this illustrated lecture uncovers how the 1970s engendered a literary, cultural, and religious awakening for LGBT people. The talk explores the creation of a LGBT church in New Orleans that was the victim of an arson attack in 1973, making it the largest massacre of gay people in U.S. History. <a href="http://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2016/06/22/stand-me%C2%A0-forgotten-history-gay-liberation-james-t-downs">More information.</a></p>
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<figure class="caption caption caption"><img alt="Riverdale Branch Pride Display" class="media-element file-default" height="499" src="//www.nypl.org/sites/default/files/Riverdale%20%28focused%20on%20characters%20of%20color%29.jpg" title="Riverdale Branch Pride Display" width="600" /><figcaption>Pride display at Riverdale Library</figcaption></figure></div>
Gay and Lesbian Studieshttps://www.nypl.org/blog/2016/06/01/lgbt-pride-events#commentsWed, 01 Jun 2016 11:04:48 -0400Celebrating Transgender Jewshttps://www.nypl.org/blog/2015/11/19/celebrating-transgender-jews
Amanda Seigel, Jewish Division, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building<p>In honor of <a href="http://www.glaad.org/transweek" rel="nofollow">Transgender Awareness Week</a>, the <a href="http://www.nypl.org/locations/divisions/jewish-division">Dorot Jewish Division</a> celebrates transgender Jews with these inspiring stories and recommended reading.</p>
<h2>Youth Leading the Way</h2>
<p>The <em><a href="http://forward.com/" rel="nofollow">Forward</a></em> recently honored 13-year-old <a href="http://forward.com/series/forward-50/2015/tom-sosnik/" rel="nofollow">Tom Sosnik</a>, who came out as transgender to his Jewish day school class this year, while the<em> <a href="http://yiddish.forward.com/articles/192518/no-longer-a-man/?p=2" rel="nofollow">Forverts</a></em> and the <em><a href="http://nypost.com/2015/11/18/i-left-hasidism-to-become-a-woman/" rel="nofollow">New York Post</a></em> interviewed <a href="http://thesecondtransition.blogspot.com/2015/11/and-time-has-come-coming-out.html" rel="nofollow">Abby</a>, a young Hasidic transwoman. <a href="http://www.haaretz.com/" rel="nofollow">Haaretz</a> <a href="http://www.haaretz.com/jewish/.premium-1.598002" rel="nofollow">wrote about</a> a young Moshe’s transition to Miriam, and <a href="http://www.keshetonline.org/" rel="nofollow">Keshet</a> shared parents’ stories of their children’s <a href="http://www.myjewishlearning.com/keshet/the-road-to-pride-supporting-my-transgender-daughter/" rel="nofollow">transitions</a> and <a href="http://www.myjewishlearning.com/keshet/the-transgender-journey-how-i-maneuvered-through-it-with-facebook/" rel="nofollow">community reactions</a>.</p>
<h2>Transgender Jews in the Media</h2>
<p>Writer and executive producer <a href="http://www.elle.com/culture/movies-tv/a25432/jill-soloway-transparent/" rel="nofollow">Jill Soloway</a> (herself the daughter of a transgender parent) <a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/television/2014/09/transparent_on_amazon_prime_reviewed_it_s_the_fall_s_best_new_show.html" rel="nofollow">received accolades</a> for her television series <em><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3502262/?ref_=nm_ov_bio_lk1" rel="nofollow">Transparent</a></em>, about gender transition in a Jewish family. The <em><a href="http://www.jewishjournal.com/" rel="nofollow">Jewish Journal</a></em> <a href="http://www.jewishjournal.com/los_angeles/article/beyond_the_rainbow" rel="nofollow">wrote about gender identity</a> issues among Jewish Los Angelenos, while the <em><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/" rel="nofollow">Huffington Post</a></em> devoted a section to <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/transgender-jews/" rel="nofollow">transgender Jews</a>, as did the <em><a href="http://forward.com/news/180303/first-generation-of-transgender-rabbis-claims-plac/" rel="nofollow">Forward</a></em>. The <a href="http://www.urj.org/" rel="nofollow">Union for Reform Judaism</a> <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/11/reform-jews-transgender-people-are-welcome-here/414415/" rel="nofollow">officially welcomed</a> transgender people with a <a href="http://www.urj.org/what-we-believe/resolutions/resolution-rights-transgender-and-gender-non-conforming-people" rel="nofollow">resolution</a>, and the <em><a href="http://www.thejewishweek.com/news/new-york/amid-celebration-anxiety-remains-transgender-reform-jews" rel="nofollow">New York Jewish Week</a> </em>wrote about reactions in the transgender Jewish community. The<em> <a href="http://www.jta.org/2015/11/17/news-opinion/israel-middle-east/haredi-mother-of-transgender-woman-fights-to-stop-her-cremation" rel="nofollow">Jewish Telegraphic Agency</a></em>, the <em><a href="http://www.timesofisrael.com/" rel="nofollow">Times of Israel</a> </em>and <em><a href="http://www.haaretz.co.il/news/law/.premium-1.2778311" rel="nofollow">Haaretz</a> </em>wrote about Mai Peleg’s life and <a href="http://www.timesofisrael.com/haredi-mother-of-transgender-woman-fights-to-stop-her-cremation/" rel="nofollow">her will</a>. <em><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2912199/Former-Orthodox-educator-builds-life-woman-Jerusalem.html" rel="nofollow">The Daily Mail</a></em> and <em><a href="http://www.tabletmag.com" rel="nofollow">Tablet</a></em> <a href="http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-life-and-religion/195164/israel-story-jeff-yaacov-jessica-yiscah" rel="nofollow">interviewed</a> <a href="http://www.yiscahsara.com/" rel="nofollow">Yiscah Smith</a> about her religious and gender journey.</p>
<h2>Life Stories</h2>
<p>Memoirs and autobiographical fiction are a powerful window into the lives of transgender Jews. Here are a few favorites.</p>
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<figure class="caption caption caption digcol-image"><a href="http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/5e66b3e8-f45f-d471-e040-e00a180654d7"><img alt="Leslie Feinberg and Minnie Bruce Pratt" src="https://images.nypl.org/index.php?id=1661109&amp;t=w" width="300px" /></a>
<figcaption class="digcol-caption">Minnie Bruce Pratt and Leslie Feinberg. Jersey City, NJ. Image ID: 1661109</figcaption></figure></div>
<p>The thrilling novel <em><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1/?searchtype=t&amp;searcharg=stone+butch+blues&amp;searchscope=1&amp;sortdropdown=-&amp;SORT=D&amp;extended=0&amp;SUBMIT=Search&amp;searchlimits=&amp;searchorigarg=afeinberg%2C+leslie">Stone Butch Blues</a></em> and the pioneering <em><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/afeinberg%2C+leslie/afeinberg+leslie/1%2C2%2C8%2CB/frameset&amp;FF=afeinberg+leslie+1949&amp;7%2C%2C7/indexsort=-">Transgender Warriors</a></em> are just two works by the late <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/afeinberg%2C+leslie/afeinberg+leslie/1%2C2%2C8%2CB/exact&amp;FF=afeinberg+leslie+1949&amp;1%2C7%2C/indexsort=-">author</a> and activist <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/25/nyregion/leslie-feinberg-writer-and-transgender-activist-dies-at-65.html?_r=0" rel="nofollow">Leslie Feinberg</a> (shown above with Minne Bruce Pratt). Feinberg also <a href="http://www.workers.org/ww/1998/sylvia0702.php" rel="nofollow">interviewed</a> the late Sylvia Rivera (pictured below), a legendary transwoman, activist, and Stonewall veteran.</p>
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<figure class="caption caption caption digcol-image"><a href="http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e3-cbda-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99"><img alt="Sylvia Rivera" src="https://images.nypl.org/index.php?id=1602578&amp;t=w" width="300px" /></a>
<figcaption class="digcol-caption">Sylvia Rivera of STAR (Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries) at Bellevue Hospital demonstration, Fall 1970. Image ID: 1602578</figcaption></figure></div>
<p><a href="http://www.thejewishweek.com/features/all-she-wrote/ode-joy-ladin" rel="nofollow">Joy Ladin</a>, a poet, <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1/?searchtype=a&amp;searcharg=ladin%2C+joy&amp;searchscope=1&amp;sortdropdown=-&amp;SORT=D&amp;extended=0&amp;SUBMIT=Search&amp;searchlimits=&amp;searchorigarg=aladin%2C+joy">author</a>, and Yeshiva University professor, is the first openly transgender person employed at an Orthodox Jewish institution. Her beautifully written memoir is called <em><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1/?searchtype=t&amp;searcharg=through+the+door+of+life&amp;searchscope=1&amp;sortdropdown=-&amp;SORT=D&amp;extended=0&amp;SUBMIT=Search&amp;searchlimits=&amp;searchorigarg=tthrough+the+door+of+life">Through the Door of Life: A Jewish Journey Between Genders</a>.</em>
</p><p>"<a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/tqueer+and+pleasant+danger/tqueer+and+pleasant+danger/1%2C2%2C3%2CB/exact&amp;FF=tqueer+and+pleasant+danger+a+memoir&amp;1%2C2%2C">A Queer and Pleasant Danger: the true story of a nice Jewish boy who joins the Church of Scientology and leaves twelve years later to become the lovely lady she is today</a>" is an intimate and inspiring memoir by transgender icon, performer, and <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/abornstein%2C+kate/abornstein+kate/1%2C2%2C10%2CB/exact&amp;FF=abornstein+kate+1948&amp;1%2C8%2C/indexsort=-">author</a>, <a href="http://katebornstein.typepad.com/" rel="nofollow">Kate Bornstein</a>.</p>
<h2>Resources on Transgender Issues in Judaism</h2>
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<figure class="caption caption caption digcol-image"><a href="http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/894025a6-42ce-07f0-e040-e00a18067677"><img alt="Babylonian Talmud" src="https://images.nypl.org/index.php?id=1946488&amp;t=w" width="300px" /></a>
<figcaption class="digcol-caption">Babylonian Talmud, Venice, 1528-1547 NYPL Image ID: 1946488</figcaption></figure></div>
<p>Did you know that the Talmud recognizes many different gender categories? <a href="http://www.rrc.edu/people/rabbi-david-teutsch-phd" rel="nofollow">Dr. David Teutsch</a> of the <a href="http://www.rrc.edu/" rel="nofollow">Reconstructionist Jewish movement</a> <a href="http://www.jewishrecon.org/resource/understanding-transgender-issues-jewish-ethics" rel="nofollow">writes about transgender ethics</a> with a nuanced understanding of gender identity in rabbinic texts.</p>
<p><em><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search/o437298761">Balancing on the Mechitza: Transgender in Jewish Community</a></em>, edited by <a href="http://www.jewishtransitions.org/about.html" rel="nofollow">Noach Dzmura</a>, is a groundbreaking collection on transgender and gender identity issues in Jewish law and community. Dzmura also directs <a href="http://www.jewishtransitions.org/" rel="nofollow">Jewish Transitions</a>, an organization that encourages Jewish communities to celebrate the sacred in every gender.</p>
<p>The organization <a href="http://www.keshetonline.org" rel="nofollow">Keshet</a> works for the full equality and inclusion of LGBT Jews in Jewish life, with resources such as “<a href="http://www.keshetonline.org/resources/transtexts/" rel="nofollow">TransTexts</a>: Exploring Gender in Jewish Sacred Texts,” created by pioneering transgender rabbis <a href="http://www.bethelberkeley.org/aboutus/rabbi-zellman" rel="nofollow">Reuven Zellman</a> and <a href="http://www.transtorah.org/whoweare.html" rel="nofollow">Elliot Kukla</a>. The Union of Reform Judaism recently published its <a href="http://www.urj.org/what-we-believe/resolutions/resolution-rights-transgender-and-gender-non-conforming-people" rel="nofollow">Resolution on the Rights of Transgender and Non-Gender-Conforming People</a>. The <a href="http://www.bjpa.org/" rel="nofollow">Berman Jewish Policy Archive</a> has also compiled an <a href="http://www.bjpa.org/Publications/details.cfm?PublicationID=7792" rel="nofollow">annotated bibliography</a> of transgender Jewish resources.</p>
<h2>Want to learn more?</h2>
<p>Find recommended reading, blog posts, and more on <a href="http://www.nypl.org/search/apachesolr_search/transgender">transgender issues at NYPL</a>.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.keshetonline.org" rel="nofollow">Keshet's site</a> highlights <a href="http://www.keshetonline.org/resources/tdor-events/" rel="nofollow">Transgender Day of Remembrance</a> with personal stories, video interviews, and tools for inclusion.</p>
<p>See also the <a href="http://www.nypl.org">NYPL</a> blogpost “<a href="http://www.nypl.org/blog/2015/06/09/jewish-lgbt-pride">Celebrating Jewish LGBT Pride</a>”</p>
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<figure class="caption caption caption digcol-image"><a href="http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e2-49a1-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99"><img alt="Rainbow" src="https://images.nypl.org/index.php?id=1519451&amp;t=w" width="100%" /></a>
<figcaption class="digcol-caption">"Do you know what causes the rainbow?"NYPL Image 1519451</figcaption></figure></div>
Jewish Studieshttps://www.nypl.org/blog/2015/11/19/celebrating-transgender-jews#commentsThu, 19 Nov 2015 13:07:25 -0500New LGBTQ Picks for Teenshttps://www.nypl.org/blog/2015/06/17/new-lgbtq-teens
Gwen Glazer, Librarian, Readers Services<p><a href="https://www.nycpride.org/">NYC Pride</a> is almost here, and we're celebrating with a new crop of books for young members of the LGBTQ community.</p>
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<figure class="caption" style="display:inline-block"><img alt="LGBTQ display at 67th Street" title="LGBTQ display at 67th Street" height="280" width="500" class="media-element file-default" typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://d140u095r09w96.cloudfront.net/sites/default/files/IMAG1220.jpg" /><figcaption>LGBTQ display at 67th Street</figcaption></figure></div>
<p>Here are some great new releases for perfect Pride reading. (And when you’re done, check out this <a href="http://www.nypl.org/blog/2015/06/16/transgender-books-teens">great roundup of transgender books for teens</a> from Mulberry Street’s Anne Rouyer.)</p>
<p><em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__SPlaying%20a%20Part__Orightresult__U?lang=eng">Playing a Part</a></em> by Daria Wilke<br />
Translated from Russian, this story about a Moscow teen trying to understand his sexuality drew media attention and questions about whether it violated the country’s anti-gay laws restricting the distribution of LGBTQ material.</p>
<p><em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__S(promposal)">Promposal</a></em> by Rhonda Helms<br />
Love triangles abound in this lighthearted (but Very Important) tale of prom plans gone haywire. </p>
<p><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20256243?lang=eng" target="_blank"><em>Tell Me Again How a Crush Should Feel</em></a> by Sara Farizan<br />
Leila—funny, sarcastic, and Iranian-American—already feels like an outsider at her elite school. When intriguing, glamorous Saskia enrolls, it's time for Leila to admit that she likes girls and figure out what to do about it.</p>
<p><em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__S(hold me closer levithan)">Hold Me Closer</a></em> by David Levithan<br />
Fans of <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__SWill%20Grayson%2C%20Will%20Grayson__Orightresult__U?lang=eng&amp;suite=def">Will Grayson, Will Grayson</a></em> finally get to hear directly from that book’s most interesting character, Tiny Cooper. (And this book includes a full script of Tiny’s autobiographical musical!)</p>
<p><em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__SLies%20My%20Girlfriend%20Told%20Me__Orightresult__U?lang=eng&amp;suite=def">Lies My Girlfriend Told Me</a></em> by Julie Anne Peters<br />
After her girlfriend dies suddenly, Alix must unravel the confusing legacy (and other girlfriends?) that Swanee left behind.</p>
<p><em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__S(five stages andrew brawley)">The Five Stages of Andrew Brawley</a></em> by Shaun David Hutchinson<br />
A teen devastated by the death of his family hides out in a hospital, biding time until he meets another patient who was tortured for being gay.</p>
<p><em>Staff picks are chosen by NYPL staff members and are not intended to be comprehensive lists. We'd love to hear your picks! Leave a comment and tell us what you’d recommend.</em></p>
Book listhttps://www.nypl.org/blog/2015/06/17/new-lgbtq-teens#commentsWed, 17 Jun 2015 11:45:34 -0400Books About Transgender Issues for Teenshttps://www.nypl.org/blog/2015/06/16/transgender-books-teens
Anne Rouyer, Supervising Librarian, Mulberry Street Library<div class="digcol-image align-right align-right inline inline">
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<figcaption class="digcol-caption">Monoceros Unicornu, Einhorn; Capricorns Marin, Meer Steinbock; Monoceros Unicornu, Einhorn. Image ID: 1130009</figcaption></figure></div>
<p>With the coming out of Caitlyn Jenner, the lauding of actress Laverne Cox, shows on ABC Family and Amazon as well as many, many other things, transgender people are in the middle of a truly historic moment. They are moving from the fringes of society to front and center—ready or not. You have to be very brave and courageous to show the world your true self. However, all these positive news stories doesn’t mean that some people aren’t still confused or angered by what it means to be <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__S(gender identity)">transgender</a> or what it means for their own <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__S(gender identity)">gender identities</a>. They need to find true understanding through authentic stories and personal experiences. Twenty years ago, when I was in college, someone I’d grown up with transitioned from female to male. I was puzzled at first, mainly by the mechanics of it and how it would all work, but I realized that it actually made complete sense. He’d always seemed more male than female to me anyway and now his outside was just finally going to match who he was inside. I couldn’t begin to imagine that and so in the end it was very easy for me to accept him.</p>
<p>Teen literature spends a good proportion of its existence taking on tough topics, shedding light on what it means to be different and how we strive to become our most authentic selves. So it should come as a surprise to no one that teen lit has been showcasing the courageous, true and fictional, stories of transgender teens, teens struggling with gender identity and teens interacting with transgender friends and family members for years. Here are just a few (as in a lot) of what I found on NYPL shelves. As you read, remember <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__S(E. E. Cummings, a Miscellany)">this quote by poet e. e. cummings</a>,</p>
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<h3>"To be nobody-but-yourself — in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else — means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting."</h3>
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<p><em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20508498?lang=eng">Alex as Well</a></em> by Alyssa Brugman<br />
Raised as boy and on hormones, Alex is actually intersex (someone whose anatomy or genetics at birth do not correspond to the typical expectations for female or male). When he starts a new school he decides instead that he is going to live as girl. </p>
<p><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb18758372?lang=eng"><em>Almost Perfect</em> </a>by Brian Katcher<br />
Living a smal Missouri town and still reeling from a bad break-up, 18 year old Logan finds love and connection with Sage, a new girl in town who has a big secret. </p>
<p><em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb19680007?lang=eng">Beautiful Music for Ugly Children</a> </em>by Kriston Mills-Conn<br />
Gabe is a boy who was designated a female at birth. As he struggles to come out to his family and friends about his true self he finds acceptance behind the mic as a radio D.J.</p>
<p><em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb19994060?lang=eng">Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out</a></em> by Susan Kuklin (nonfiction)<br />
Interviews with six transgender and gender neutral teens as they speak openly and honestly about their experiences and journeys. Includes several NYC teens.</p>
<p><em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb17748183?lang=eng">Convict's Candy</a></em> by Damon Meadows<br />
A transgender teen is arrested and sent to federal prison one week before a scheduled sex reassignment surgery. Still classified as male she ends up being housed with male inmates.</p>
<p><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb19652179?lang=eng"><em>Every Day</em></a> by David Levithan<br />
Every morning A wakes up in another 16-year-old body. Sometimes a boy. Sometimes a girl. Every race. Every sexual identity. A has learned never to get too attached. Then A falls in love with a girl—but how do you build a relationship when every day you occupy a different physical self?</p>
<p><em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb19948030?lang=eng">Freakboy</a></em> by Kristin Clark<br />
Told in free verse and three points of view, we get Brendan, a high school wrestler struggling with his gender identity, his girlfriend Vanessa, a fellow wrestler struggling to be accepted by the boys on the squad and Angel, a transgender college student who tries to help him find acceptance and understanding.</p>
<p><em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb19598354?lang=eng">Happy Families</a></em> by Tanita Davis<br />
Twins Ysabel and Justin share their conflicted feelings as they struggle with their father's decision to live as a woman. </p>
<p><em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb18761135?lang=eng">I Am J</a></em> by Cris Beam<br />
J, born Jenifer, has never felt like a girl and wants to live as a boy. When his best friend rejects him and his parents struggle to understand him, he runs away to begin a new life and try to become who he really is. </p>
<p><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__St%3A%28Jumpstart%20the%20World%29__Orightresult__U?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>Jumpstart the World</em> </a>by Catherine Ryan Hyde<br />
When her mother abandons Elle in a NYC apt, she is befriended by her neighbors Frank and Molly. Elle promptly gets a crush on the kind and wise Frank but learning that he's transgender turns her world upside-down.</p>
<p><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb19776977?lang=eng"><em>One in Every Crowd</em> </a>by Ivan Coyote<br />
Stories and autobiographical essays about growing up, struggling with family, gender identity and all told in a funny, matter-of-fact voice. </p>
<p><em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb18691648?lang=eng">Parrotfish</a></em> by Ellen Wittlinger<br />
Grady was a "never-quite-right" girl so he changed his name and started living as a guy. As he attempts to live his new self he struggles with varying degrees of acceptance from his friends, family and classmates. </p>
<p><em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20256587?lang=eng">Rethinking Normal: A Memoir in Transition</a></em> by Katie Rain Hill (nonfiction)<br />
Katie grew up a boy in Oklahoma but always felt like a girl. In high school, she began her transition to female and began living as a girl. She recalls all the pain and bullying that followed as well as the joy she felt finally living as her true self and making new friends who accepted her.</p>
<p><em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20256589?lang=eng">Some Assembly Required: The Not-so-secret Life of a Transgender Teen</a></em> by Arin Andrews (nonfiction)<br />
In this memoir, 17 year old Arin recalls his journey of transitioning female to male. He discusses learning what being transsexual meant, his suicide attempts and finding acceptance and love with his girlfriend Katie Hill (see above).</p>
<p><em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20301801?lang=eng">Tomboy: A Graphic Memoir</a></em> by Liz Prince (nonfiction)<br />
Liz refuses to conform to a single gender identity. She's a girl who likes to wear what boys wear but that doesn't mean she doesn't identify as a girl or is a lesbian. She just is who she is.</p>
<p><em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20256576?lang=eng">Transgender Lives: Complex Stories, Complex Voice</a></em> by Kristin Conn-Mills (nonfiction)<br />
Along with honest interviews with transgender teens and adults, the author explains the language, history, insurance issues and politics of being trans and what it means to be a part of the transgender community.</p>
<p><em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb17384212?lang=eng">What Happened to Lani Garver</a></em> by Carol Plum-Ucci<br />
The new kid on Hackett Island defies description. Who is she? Where does she come from? Is she a boy or a girl? Does it matter? Lani is tormented and bullied by classmates but Claire decides to befriend this intriguing new person and it's a friendship that will change how Claire sees the world. </p>
<div><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__S(The Full Spectrum A New Generation of Writing)"><em>The Full Spectrum: A New Generation of Writing About Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning, and Other Identities</em></a><br />
Stories, poems and essays by young writers in their teens and early 20's about love, first kisses, family, identity, friendships and more.</div>
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<div><em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__S(How Beautiful the Ordinary: Twelve Stories of Identity)">How Beautiful the Ordinary: Twelve Stories of Identity</a></em><br />
Well known YA authors including David Levithan, Jaqueline Woodson, Gregory Maguire, Francesca Lia Block and others write stories about the diverse, complex, beautiful and gloriously ordinary lives of gay, lesbian and transgender teens.</div>
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<div><em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__S(London Reign)">London Reign</a></em> by A.C. Britt<br />
An androgynous, inner city teen struggles with gender identity, an abusive family, a tumultuous love triangle and the mean streets of Boston and Detroit.</div>
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<div><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__S(None of the Above gregorio)"><em>None of the Above</em></a> by I. W. Gregorio<br />
After an awkward sexual encounter with her boyfriend, Kristin, a homecoming queen, learns that she is actually intersex (see definition above) throwing her whole life and identity into disarray.</div>
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<div><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__S(pantomime laura lam)"><em>Pantomime</em></a> by Laura Lam<br />
A historical fantasy that has the aristocratic Iphigneia Laurus running away to the circus transforming herself into male trapeze artist Micah Grey. He keeps this dangerous secret until he meets aerialist Aenea and falls in love.</div>
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<div><em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__S(Takako Shimura wandering son)">Wandering Son</a></em>, vol. 1 by Takako Shimura<br />
In this manga series, Shuichi, a boy who wants to be a girl, and Yoshino, a girl who wants to be a boy, become friends in junior high school, where they tackle problems such as gender identity, love, social acceptance, and growing up. They know what they want they just don't know how to get it.</div>
Popular Culturehttps://www.nypl.org/blog/2015/06/16/transgender-books-teens#commentsTue, 16 Jun 2015 12:30:21 -0400Schomburg Treasures: The StoryCorps Black LGBTQ Archivehttps://www.nypl.org/blog/2015/06/10/storycorps-black-lgbtq-archive
K Menick, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture<figure class="caption caption caption" style="float:right"><img alt="StoryCorps participants" class="media-element file-default" src="https://d140u095r09w96.cloudfront.net/sites/default/files/storycorps_1.jpg" /><figcaption>StoryCorps participants</figcaption></figure><p>It's easy for the digital world to seem isolating. Standing, sitting, walking, driving, we're surrounded by faces looking down at their cellphones. Real human connection—and people paying attention to where they're going—are rare. But we have a choice: be distracted, or be <a href="http://www.itgetsbetter.org/" rel="nofollow">enriched</a>, <a href="http://www.radiotopia.fm/" rel="nofollow">enlightened</a>, <a href="https://instagram.com/humansofny/" rel="nofollow">engaged</a>.</p>
<p>If you're familiar with StoryCorps, odds are it's through NPR, which broadcasts <a href="http://www.npr.org/podcasts/510200/storycorps" rel="nofollow">selected pieces</a> every week. (Short segments that turn, inevitably, into my Friday morning cry.) Since 2003, they've recorded over 60,000 interviews, going strong on <a href="http://storycorps.org/about/" rel="nofollow">their mission</a> "to provide people of all backgrounds and beliefs with the opportunity to record, share, and preserve the stories of our lives."</p>
<p>All StoryCorps interviews are archived at the <a href="http://www.loc.gov/folklife/" rel="nofollow">American Folklife Center</a>, and we are pleased to announce that the <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b20534688~S1">Black LGBTQ Archive</a> is now available for researchers at the <a href="http://schomburgcenter.tumblr.com/" rel="nofollow">Schomburg Center</a>, in the <a href="http://www.nypl.org/locations/divisions/manuscripts-archives-and-rare-books-division">Manuscripts, Archives, &amp; Rare Books Division</a>. Tamara Thompson, Archivist at StoryCorps, describes how the collection came to be:</p>
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<p>We mined the StoryCorps archive and pulled over 200 stories that reflect a multitude of black LGBTQ experiences to add to the Schomburg's <a href="http://storycorps.org/in-the-life-archive-with-schomburg-and-storycorps/" rel="nofollow">In The Life Archive</a>. The StoryCorps interviews <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b20476220~S1">complement</a> <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b20607632~S1">the</a> <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b11660951~S1">existing</a> <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b18802237~S1">holdings</a> of the In the Life Archive, and work in conjunction with these materials to continue conversations on race and identity. Some recurring themes in the collection include: love, relationships, activism, coming out, and achieving self-acceptance. As we collect more stories from black LGBTQ participants through our <a href="http://storycorps.org/outloud/" rel="nofollow">OutLoud</a> and <a href="http://storycorps.org/griot/" rel="nofollow">Griot</a> initiatives, we will continue to contribute additional interviews.</p>
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<p>MARB Assistant Curator, Steven G. Fullwood, continues:</p>
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<p>These amazing interviews are informative and entertaining, and complicate mainstream beliefs about black non-heterosexual life in the U.S. Much of what exists in archives are the papers of individuals who have passed on, or organizations that no longer exist; one of the great things about this collection is that it showcases contemporary black LGBTQ voices, offering listeners a window into an array of writers, performing artists, intellectuals, and scholars—and everyday people, sharing their unique experiences.</p>
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<p>"<a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b20491079~S1">Plenty of creatures are intelligent but only one tells stories</a>." If that's true, and we are more properly <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Science_of_Discworld_II:_The_Globe" rel="nofollow">pan narrans</a> than homo sapiens, the most human thing we can do is to take a moment and listen to one another. The internet is full of people talking, but connection and real understanding—those come only from listening. Thanks, StoryCorps, for reminding us.</p>
Oral historyhttps://www.nypl.org/blog/2015/06/10/storycorps-black-lgbtq-archive#commentsWed, 10 Jun 2015 13:17:21 -0400Celebrating Jewish LGBT Pridehttps://www.nypl.org/blog/2015/06/09/jewish-lgbt-pride
Amanda Seigel, Jewish Division, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building<p>In honor of LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender) <a href="http://www.loc.gov/lgbt/" rel="nofollow">Pride Month</a> in June, the Dorot Jewish Division recognizes the achievements of LGBT Jews in history and in the Library’s collection. Here are some key moments and figures.</p>
<h2>Jewish Pioneers in LGBT Rights</h2>
<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnus_Hirschfeld" rel="nofollow">Magnus Hirschfeld</a> (1868-1935) was a German Jewish doctor and <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1/?searchtype=a&amp;searcharg=hirschfeld%2C+magnus&amp;searchscope=1&amp;sortdropdown=-&amp;SORT=D&amp;extended=0&amp;SUBMIT=Search&amp;searchlimits=&amp;searchorigarg=ahirschfeld%2C+magnus">author</a> who fought to decriminalize homosexuality in Germany.</p>
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<figure class="caption caption caption"><img alt="Scientific-Humanitarian Committee, 1901" class="media-element file-default" height="300" src="//www.nypl.org/sites/default/files/gO6k8rUUYr1PEPePsyjHa14MWDVY6Bynf-R6UmpJee7lx4-bk8RBnG-hiVN4OgKKJgQYUFEcjy_W-Vah00iao1dtLHFGLgulBzMZzOhn7b9Re-IXf50DygjVkXZ1GpnR2YDM1pI.png" title="Scientific-Humanitarian Committee, 1901" width="216" /><figcaption>“What the people must know about the third sex” was a 1901 publication of Magnus Hirschfeld’s Scientific-Humanitarian committee</figcaption></figure></div>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/11/obituaries/jeanne-manford-founder-of-pflag-dies-at-92.html?_r=0" rel="nofollow">Jeanne Manford</a>, mother of a gay son, was a co-founder of <a href="http://www.myjewishlearning.com/keshet/jeanne-manford-the-jewish-woman-who-advocated-for-her-gay-son/?utm_source=Newsletter+subscribers&amp;utm_campaign=5c6035d62b-Daily_Briefing_6_9_2015&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_2dce5bc6f8-5c6035d62b-25303009" rel="nofollow">PFLAG</a> (Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays) in 1973.</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.mkelgbthist.org/people/peo-b/benshalom_miriam.htm" rel="nofollow">Miriam Ben-Shalom</a>, an openly lesbian sergeant in the U.S. Army, spent decades fighting for <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/1989/08/10/us/lesbian-struggles-to-serve-in-army.html" rel="nofollow">LGBT rights in the military</a>.</p>
<p>Retired senator <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1/?searchtype=X&amp;searcharg=frank%2C+barney&amp;searchscope=1&amp;sortdropdown=-&amp;SORT=DZ&amp;extended=0&amp;SUBMIT=Search&amp;searchlimits=&amp;searchorigarg=Xfrank%2C+barney%26SORT%3DD">Barney Frank</a> of Massachusetts served as the first openly gay U.S. senator, coming out in 1987.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.thejewishweek.com/features/all-she-wrote/ode-joy-ladin" rel="nofollow">Joy Ladin</a>, a poet, <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1/?searchtype=a&amp;searcharg=ladin%2C+joy&amp;searchscope=1&amp;sortdropdown=-&amp;SORT=D&amp;extended=0&amp;SUBMIT=Search&amp;searchlimits=&amp;searchorigarg=aladin%2C+joy">author</a>, and Yeshiva University professor, is the first openly transgender person employed at an Orthodox Jewish institution.</p>
<p><a href="http://milkfoundation.org/about/harvey-milk-biography/" rel="nofollow">Harvey Milk</a> was a pioneering leader and one of the the first openly gay people elected to public office, and was assassinated a year after taking office.</p>
<p><a href="http://tabletmag.com/jewish-news-and-politics/101628/gay-marriages-jewish-pioneer" rel="nofollow">Faygele ben Miriam</a>, also known as John Singer, together with Paul Barwick, attempted to get the first same-sex marriage license in Seattle in 1971.</p>
<p>Author <a href="http://www.lesleanewman.com/" rel="nofollow">Leslea Newman</a>’s often-banned <em><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/anewman%2C+leslea/anewman+leslea/1%2C2%2C55%2CB/frameset&amp;FF=anewman+leslea+author&amp;1%2C1%2C/indexsort=-">Heather Has Two Mommies</a></em> was the <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/books/2015/03/16/heather-has-two-mommies-turns-25/24858121/" rel="nofollow">first children’s book to portray lesbian families in a positive way</a>.</p>
<p><a href="http://ediewindsor.com/" rel="nofollow">Edie Windsor</a> successfully sued the U.S. government for recognition of her Canadian marriage to her late wife, <a href="http://ediewindsor.com/theaprofile.html" rel="nofollow">Thea Spyer</a>, ultimately overturning the “Defense of Marriage Act” (DOMA) with her lawyer, <a href="http://www.paulweiss.com/professionals/partners-and-counsel/roberta-a-kaplan.aspx" rel="nofollow">Roberta Kaplan</a>.</p>
<h2>LGBT Achievements in Judaism</h2>
<p><a href="http://www.cbst.org" rel="nofollow">Congregation Beit Simchat Torah (CBST)</a>, established in 1973, is the world’s largest LGBT synagogue, led by <a href="http://www.myjewishlearning.com/keshet/queer-clergy-in-action-rabbi-sharon-kleinbaum/" rel="nofollow">Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum</a> since 1992.</p>
<p><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/aalpert%2C+rebecca/aalpert+rebecca/1%2C3%2C15%2CB/exact&amp;FF=aalpert+rebecca+t+rebecca+trachtenberg+1950&amp;1%2C13%2C">Rabbi Rebecca Alpert</a> and <a href="http://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/plaskow-judith" rel="nofollow">Dr. Judith Plaskow</a> have advocated through scholarship for feminist and LGBT-inclusive liturgy and ritual.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.thejewishweek.com/news/new_york/gay_yu_panel_broadens_discussion_debate_0" rel="nofollow">Rabbi Steven Greenberg</a>, educated at Yeshiva University and author of <em><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1/?searchtype=t&amp;searcharg=wrestling+with+god+and+men&amp;searchscope=1&amp;sortdropdown=-&amp;SORT=D&amp;extended=0&amp;SUBMIT=Search&amp;searchlimits=&amp;searchorigarg=twrestling+with+god+and+men">Wrestling with God and Men</a>,</em> is considered the first openly gay Orthodox rabbi.</p>
<p><em><a href="http://www.tremblingbeforeg-d.com/index2.html" rel="nofollow">Trembling Before G-d</a></em>, a 2001 film by <a href="https://twitter.com/sandidubowski" rel="nofollow">Sandi Simcha Dubowski</a>, was the first film to <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0278102/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1" rel="nofollow">explore the lives of LGBT Orthodox Jews</a>.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.myjewishlearning.com/keshet/queer-clergy-in-action-rabbi-reuben-zellman/" rel="nofollow">Rabbi Reuven Zelman</a> became the first openly transgender rabbinical student in 2003, and in 2006, <a href="http://www.myjewishlearning.com/keshet/queer-clergy-in-action-rabbi-reuben-zellman/" rel="nofollow">Rabbi Elliot Kukla</a> became the first openly transgender rabbi, both at <a href="http://huc.edu/" rel="nofollow">Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion</a>.</p>
<p><a href="http://shaarzahav.org/" rel="nofollow">Congregation Shaar Zahav</a> of San Francisco published <em>Siddur Shaar Zahav</em>, the first <a href="http://shaarzahav.org/about-us/siddur-shaar-zahav/" rel="nofollow">Jewish LGBT prayer book</a>, in 2009.</p>
<p>In 2015, <a href="http://www.boardofrabbis.org/Rabbi-Denise-L-Eger" rel="nofollow">Rabbi Denise Eger</a> became the first openly gay or lesbian rabbi to <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/13/rabbi-denise-eger-president-ccar_n_6848156.html" rel="nofollow">head the Central Conference of American Rabbis</a>.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.bendthearc.us/programs/participants/georgette-kennebrae" rel="nofollow">Georgette Kennebrae</a> and <a href="http://sandralawson.org/theblog/" rel="nofollow">Sandra Lawson</a> are both African American, openly lesbian rabbinical students at the <a href="http://www.rrc.edu/" rel="nofollow">Reconstructionist Rabbinical College</a>, with ordination set respectively for 2017 and 2018.</p>
<h2>On the shelves</h2>
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<figure class="caption caption caption digcol-image"><a href="http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/5e66b3e8-dc77-d471-e040-e00a180654d7"><img alt="Joan Nestle" src="https://images.nypl.org/index.php?id=1661019&amp;t=w" width="300px" /></a>
<figcaption class="digcol-caption">Activist and author Joan Nestle co-founded the Lesbian Herstory Archives, the world's largest collection of materials by and about Lesbians. Image ID: 1661019</figcaption></figure></div>
<p><a href="http://wmst.umd.edu/people/core-faculty/evelyn-torton-beck" rel="nofollow">Evelyn Torton Beck</a> edited <em><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/abeck%2C+evelyn+torton/abeck+evelyn+torton/1%2C2%2C8%2CB/frameset&amp;FF=abeck+evelyn+torton&amp;5%2C%2C7/indexsort=-">Nice Jewish Girls: A Lesbian Anthology</a></em> and published <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/aBeck%2C+Evelyn+Torton./abeck+evelyn+torton/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/exact&amp;FF=abeck+evelyn+torton&amp;1%2C7%2C">other works</a> in Jewish Studies and Women’s Studies.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.warrenblumenfeld.com/" rel="nofollow">Warren J. Blumenfeld</a> <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/aBlumenfeld%2C+Warren+J.%2C+1947-/ablumenfeld+warren+j+1947/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/exact&amp;FF=ablumenfeld+warren+j+1947&amp;1%2C6%2C">writes</a> and speaks about social justice, intersection of oppressions, and bullying prevention..</p>
<p><a href="http://katebornstein.typepad.com/" rel="nofollow">Kate Bornstein</a> <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1/?searchtype=a&amp;searcharg=bornstein%2C+kate&amp;searchscope=1&amp;sortdropdown=-&amp;SORT=D&amp;extended=0&amp;SUBMIT=Search&amp;searchlimits=&amp;searchorigarg=abornstein%2C+kate">writes</a>, speaks and performs about transgender and gender identity issues.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.egs.edu/faculty/judith-butler/biography/" rel="nofollow">Judith Butler</a>’s <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/abutler%2C+judith/abutler+judith/1%2C5%2C41%2CB/exact&amp;FF=abutler+judith+1956&amp;1%2C35%2C/indexsort=-">work</a> concerns feminism, gender, and queer theory.</p>
<p><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1/?searchtype=a&amp;searcharg=conaway%2C+carol&amp;searchscope=1&amp;sortdropdown=-&amp;SORT=D&amp;extended=0&amp;SUBMIT=Search&amp;searchlimits=&amp;searchorigarg=aconaway%2C+carol">Carol Conaway</a> writes and researches on African American women's intellectual traditions.</p>
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<figure class="caption caption caption digcol-image"><a href="http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/5e66b3e8-f24c-d471-e040-e00a180654d7"><img alt="Martin Duberman" src="https://images.nypl.org/index.php?id=1661034&amp;t=w" width="300px" /></a>
<figcaption class="digcol-caption">Scholar and author Martin Duberman’s archives are held at NYPL, which also has a research fellowship in his name for LGBT Studies. Image ID: 1661034</figcaption></figure></div>
<p><a href="http://www.lillianfaderman.net/" rel="nofollow">Lillian Faderman</a>’s <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1/?searchtype=a&amp;searcharg=faderman%2C+lillian&amp;searchscope=1&amp;sortdropdown=-&amp;SORT=D&amp;extended=0&amp;SUBMIT=Search&amp;searchlimits=&amp;searchorigarg=afaderman%2C+lillian">works</a> highlight lesbian history in America.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.transgenderwarrior.org/" rel="nofollow">Leslie Feinberg</a> was an <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1/?searchtype=a&amp;searcharg=feinberg%2C+leslie&amp;searchscope=1&amp;sortdropdown=-&amp;SORT=D&amp;extended=0&amp;SUBMIT=Search&amp;searchlimits=&amp;searchorigarg=abutler%2C+judith">author</a> and pioneer in the field of transgender studies.</p>
<p><a href="https://gmtw.tisch.nyu.edu/object/FinnW.html" rel="nofollow">William Finn</a>, a composer and writer, creates <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/afinn%2C+william/afinn+william/1%2C15%2C159%2CB/exact&amp;FF=afinn+william&amp;1%2C71%2C">works</a> for the American musical theater.</p>
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<figure class="caption caption caption digcol-image"><a href="http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47db-c4ad-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99"><img alt="Allen Ginsberg" src="https://images.nypl.org/index.php?id=483443&amp;t=w" width="300px" /></a>
<figcaption class="digcol-caption">Allen Ginsberg was an innovative and openly gay poet of the Beat movement. Image ID: 483443</figcaption></figure></div>
<p><a href="http://warrenhoffman.com/index.html" rel="nofollow">Warren Hoffman’s</a> <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1/?searchtype=a&amp;searcharg=hoffman%2C+warren&amp;searchscope=1&amp;sortdropdown=-&amp;SORT=D&amp;extended=0&amp;SUBMIT=Search&amp;searchlimits=&amp;searchorigarg=ahoffman%2C+warren">work</a> addresses Jewish and queer identity and race.</p>
<p><a href="http://archives.nypl.org/mss/1621">Jonathan Ned Katz’s</a> <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/aKatz%2C+Jonathan%2C+1938-/akatz+jonathan+1938/1%2C2%2C17%2CB/exact&amp;FF=akatz+jonathan+1938&amp;1%2C16%2C">works</a> deal with gay history and African-American Studies, and NYPL’s <a href="http://www.nypl.org/locations/schomburg">Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture</a> holds some of <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/aKatz%2C+Jonathan%2C+1938-/akatz+jonathan+1938/1%2C2%2C17%2CB/frameset&amp;FF=akatz+jonathan+1938&amp;8%2C%2C16">his manuscripts and research materials</a>.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.diasporism.net/" rel="nofollow">Melanie Kaye-Kantrowitz</a>’s <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1/?searchtype=a&amp;searcharg=kaye-kantrowitz%2C+melanie&amp;searchscope=1&amp;sortdropdown=-&amp;SORT=D&amp;extended=0&amp;SUBMIT=Search&amp;searchlimits=&amp;searchorigarg=afaderman%2C+lillian">works</a> focus on Jews and whiteness; racism, history (including women’s history), anti-Semitism and class.</p>
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<figcaption class="digcol-caption">Irena Klepfisz addresses lesbian-feminism, the Holocaust and social justice in her work. Image ID: 1661039</figcaption></figure></div>
<p><a href="http://barclayagency.com/kushner.html" rel="nofollow">Tony Kushner’s</a> <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1/?searchtype=a&amp;searcharg=kushner%2C+tony&amp;searchscope=1&amp;sortdropdown=-&amp;SORT=D&amp;extended=0&amp;SUBMIT=Search&amp;searchlimits=&amp;searchorigarg=aklepfisz%2C+irena">works</a> address homophobia, AIDS, and racism through a dramatic lens.</p>
<p><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1/?searchtype=a&amp;searcharg=mosley%2C+walter&amp;searchscope=1&amp;sortdropdown=-&amp;SORT=D&amp;extended=0&amp;SUBMIT=Search&amp;searchlimits=&amp;searchorigarg=akincaid%2C+jamaica">Walter Moseley</a> is a prolific and award-winning author known for his best-selling works.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/adrienne-rich" rel="nofollow">Adrienne Rich</a> was a<a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1/?searchtype=a&amp;searcharg=rich%2C+adrienne&amp;searchscope=1&amp;sortdropdown=-&amp;SORT=D&amp;extended=0&amp;SUBMIT=Search&amp;searchlimits=&amp;searchorigarg=arich%2C+adrienne"> renowned poet, essayist and scholar</a>.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.colorado.edu/ethnicstudies/people/shneer/index.html" rel="nofollow">David Schneer’s</a> <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1/?searchtype=a&amp;searcharg=shneer%2C+david&amp;searchscope=1&amp;SORT=D&amp;extended=0&amp;SUBMIT=Search&amp;searchlimits=&amp;searchorigarg=aschneer%2C+david">work</a> concerns Jewish history and culture, while <a href="http://www.judaismyourway.org/about-us-2/staff/" rel="nofollow">Caryn Aviv’s</a> <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1/?searchtype=a&amp;searcharg=aviv%2C+caryn&amp;searchscope=1&amp;sortdropdown=-&amp;SORT=D&amp;extended=0&amp;SUBMIT=Search&amp;searchlimits=&amp;searchorigarg=ashneer%2C+david">work</a> deal with sociology and anthropology; together, they edited the anthologies <em><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1/?searchtype=t&amp;searcharg=queer+jews&amp;searchscope=1&amp;sortdropdown=-&amp;SORT=D&amp;extended=0&amp;SUBMIT=Search&amp;searchlimits=&amp;searchorigarg=tqueer+jews">Queer Jews</a> </em>and <em><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/aaviv%2C+caryn/aaviv+caryn/1%2C1%2C4%2CB/frameset&amp;FF=aaviv+caryn+1969&amp;1%2C%2C4/indexsort=-">American Queer, Now and Then</a></em>.</p>
<h2>Want to learn more?</h2>
<p>Check out these recommended <a href="http://www.jewishbookcouncil.org/subject-reading-list/new-queer-jewish-narratives" rel="nofollow">books</a> and <a href="http://www.keshetonline.org/resources/" rel="nofollow">resources</a> on LGBT Jewish topics.</p>
<p>Visit NYPL’s <a href="http://digitalcollections.nypl.org">Digital Collections</a> for <a href="http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/search/index?utf8=%E2%9C%93&amp;keywords=gay">historical portraits</a> of LGBT writers, artists and activists, including those pictured here.</p>
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<figcaption class="digcol-caption">"Do you know what causes the rainbow?" Cigarette card from the George Arents Collection at NYPL. Image ID: 1519595</figcaption></figure></div>
Gay and Lesbian Studieshttps://www.nypl.org/blog/2015/06/09/jewish-lgbt-pride#commentsTue, 09 Jun 2015 16:44:57 -0400Interview with Steven Fullwood, Curator and Co-Editor of "Black Gay Genius"https://www.nypl.org/blog/2015/05/01/steven-fullwood-black-gay-genius
Candice Frederick<figure class="caption caption caption" style="float:left"><img alt="" height="220" src="https://www.nypl.org/sites/default/files/blog_attachments/BGG%20Cover.jpg" title="" width="149" /><figcaption></figcaption></figure><figure class="caption caption caption" style="float:right"><img alt="Steven Fullwood" height="200" src="https://www.nypl.org/sites/default/files/blog_attachments/Steven%20%28BW%20Slightly%20Brighter%29.jpg" title="" width="200" /><figcaption>Steven Fullwood</figcaption></figure><p>Farrah Lopez, the Schomburg Center's Communications Pre-Professional, spoke to Steven Fullwood, Assistant Curator for our Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, about his “Epistolary Lives” collection in our current exhibition, <a href="http://www.nypl.org/events/exhibitions/curators-choice-black-life-matters">Curators’ Choice: Black Life Matters</a>, and his latest book, a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award, <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20613350?lang=eng"><em>Black Gay Genius</em></a>.</p>
<p><strong>What inspired you to write <em>Black Gay Genius</em>?</strong></p>
<p><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__Sa:(">Joseph Beam</a>, an amazing editor and activist who conceived and edited <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb11137040?lang=eng"><em>In the Life: A Black Gay Anthology</em></a> in 1986. <em>Black Gay Genius</em> (<em>BGG</em>) is a long overdue love letter to Joe. <em>BGG</em> was the brainchild of my co-editor, the marvelous Charles Stephens, founder of the Counter Narrative Project, which amplifies black gay men's voices through media, advocacy, and political education. I discovered Joe’s and other black gay writers work from <em>In the Life</em>. A friend made photocopies of some of the essays and poems and gave them to me, basically saving my life in 1988. Fast forward to 20 years later: I started working at the Schomburg as an archivist, and was excited that <a href="http://archives.nypl.org/scm/20666">Joe’s papers were preserved at the library</a>! Beam died two years after publishing <em>In the Life</em>. Because his mother, Dorothy Beam, loved her son and understood what he was trying to do, she donated his papers to the Schomburg. Working with Charles on a project about Joe Beam was exciting because he has such a reverence for the 1980s black queer art and politics. BGG took about 4 years from conception to completion.</p>
<p><strong>Why is the observance of Joseph Beam’s life with an anthology important?</strong></p>
<p>It is never up to mainstream culture to maintain or honor our dead; we must do that. I am specifically talking about black queer people. It is our duty. Joe Beam’s passion to learn, grow and provide an opportunity for others to speak their truths was inspired by the Black Power and Black Arts Movements. If you saw a need for something, you did it or you supported others that did. Beam identified the need and did that. Barbara Smith, writer, feminist, and co-founder of Kitchen Table Press, once wrote an essay about James Baldwin titled “We Must Always Bury Our Dead Twice,” which I took as a responsibility to make visible black queer life. In <em>Black Gay Genius</em>, Smith stated that “burying our dead twice, or three times or more means that we lift up their contributions, their legacy, their reputations and make them known in every way we possibly can” and I agree with her 100%.</p>
<p><strong>How did <em>Black Gay Genius </em>influence your work at the Schomburg and your contribution to our exhibition, Curators’ Choice: Black Life Matters?</strong></p>
<p>I’m obsessed with memory and how we learn who we are and why. To that end, my personal and professional work centers around three areas: cultural producer, cultural animator, and culture keeper. My role as an assistant curator is to preserve black culture. My work as a writer/publisher focuses on creating or producing culture that’s meaningful and imaginative. The animator aspect of what I seek to do is interpret culture, assist other artists with their work, and be a conduit for a specific kind of imaginative process that allows for learning beyond the brackets of the cultures we are born into and sometimes are imprisoned within. I think Charles saw the work I was doing with the <em>In the Life Archive</em>, a project that collects and preserves culture created by and about queer people of African descent, and thought I would be good to partner with him on this necessary project.</p>
<p><strong>How does “Epistolary Lives” relate to <em>Black Gay Genius</em>?</strong></p>
<p>“Epistolary Lives,” a collection of personal letters I curated for the Curators’ Choice exhibition, is an attempt to showcase the complicated ways in which black gays and lesbians imagined themselves and shared their lives with their friends, family, lovers and community. Topics range from self-discovery to health concerns to works in progress. <em>BGG</em> explores similar topics as well. About a third of the book is filled with testimony about Joe, as well as <em>In the Life</em> and its impact. Through the contributor’s works, we see similar themes arise: love, struggle, identity and liberation. An excerpt from one of Beam’s letters to poet Essex Hemphill appears in both “Epistolary Lives” and in <em>Black Gay Genius</em>. In 2011, while working on the book, I had the honor of assisting with the acquisition of the personal papers of Brad Johnson, who was a contributor to <em>In the Life</em>, and who died shortly after the papers were deposited at the Schomburg. One of Johnson’s letters, a very poignant one to his parents, is featured in “Epistolary Lives.” The most significant way these two projects connect is that they were produced to honor underrepresented queer people of African descent and to affirm their experiences by introducing these experiences to audiences unaware of their extraordinary lives.</p>
<p><strong>What aspect do letters bring to <em>Black Gay Genius</em> that would not be present otherwise?</strong></p>
<p>The letters that appear in <em>BGG</em> serve two purposes. In “Between Friends: An Ongoing Dialogue with ABilly S. Jones-Hennin and Carol Lautier,” we share in the experience of two individuals from two different generations. They tell us about their unique coming out processes. Jones-Hennin was a significant contributor to Beam’s <em>In the Life</em>, and Lautier is currently a PhD candidate at George Washington University. The other way letters inform <em>BGG</em> is through essays written by scholars Robert Reid-Pharr, Alexis Pauline Gumbs, and andre m. carrington, who share excerpts from letters from Beam, Barbara Smith, Essex Hemphill and Audre Lorde—all of whom are significant foremothers and fathers of the black LGBTQ renaissance that exploded in 1980s. The book itself enters the long and complicated conversation about liberation and freedom.</p>
<p><strong>Was there a particular letter that spoke to you on a personal level?</strong></p>
<p>I was struck by the 11-page letter that poet Brad Johnson wrote to his parents in 1994. It reads like a novel. In it, Johnson talks to his parents who he clearly loves, and his profound disappointment of their refusal to accept him as a gay man. The letter is a testament to the complexities of love, honor and profound sadness. Meeting Brad, who was by his own account a loner, I received him as a remarkably thoughtful man who was still writing his letters in longhand in 2011.</p>
<p><strong>Many of the pieces within “Epistolary Lives” have resonating themes of loneliness, isolation and struggle. Do you feel these themes still persist in black queer writing today?</strong></p>
<p>Oh, absolutely. As the saying goes, some things have changed (e.g.., digital life) yet a great deal of things remain the same, or have even gotten worse (rampant homophobia, a rise in hate crimes, etc). In his brilliant essay, “An Archeology of Grief: The Fear of Remembering Joe Beam,” Colin Robinson captures what was always a painful time in what he rightly observes as an “unmourned AIDS grief of the 1980s and ‘90s, with all the trauma of working for black gay groups and networks, swimming at the bottom of so many drinks.” But it is also true that there is a lot of joy, laughter and insurgent vision in black queer writing that is often overlooked due to the reductive ways the black queer experience is rendered. In essence, there is so much more to our collective work.</p>
<p><strong>What do you feel <em>Black Gay Genius</em> adds to the black queer conversation that is not already present?</strong></p>
<p>Resurrecting Joe’s legacy to insert him into mainstream discourse, but a far more pressing one is that works like <em>BGG</em> can and should be done. Black queer/SGL literature, like all literature, is perpetually growing and developing and is often in conversation with Black radical/imaginative spaces—not always, but sometimes. <em>BGG</em> is a community offering in the tradition of the Black Arts Movement created by the community and published through a black queer press. It features new and seasoned writers, a variety of genres and a bibliography of Beam’s work. My hope is it will take its place among the many books that resonate in the hearts and minds of people who need and deserve literature that reflects their experiences.</p>
<p><strong>How do you feel about the idea that <em>Black Gay Genius</em> is referred to as “wake work”?</strong></p>
<p>It’s a very accurate assessment of what part of what Charles and I sought to do, which is to honor Joe by helping to resurrect him and his groundbreaking work. The book is not only a place for his friends and admirers to wax about Joe, but it also offers a bibliography of Beam’s work and works about him, essentially to have the opportunity to learn about him in his own words.</p>
<p><strong>What would you like readers to take away from <em>Black Gay Genius</em>?</strong></p>
<p>My hope is that the book entertains, informs and enlightens, and that it helps shed light on Joe Beam, who deserves to be studied more for his contribution to American letters.</p>
Gay and Lesbian Studieshttps://www.nypl.org/blog/2015/05/01/steven-fullwood-black-gay-genius#commentsFri, 01 May 2015 14:44:25 -0400Not Just Coming Out Storieshttps://www.nypl.org/blog/2015/03/05/not-just-coming-out-stories
Lynn Lobash, Manager of Reader Services<p>Our reader asked us for "recommendations for gay fiction that is NOT erotica and also not just coming out stories?" Here are a few suggestions from our staff.</p>
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<p>I read <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20051265?lang=eng">My Real Children</a> </em>by Jo Walton last year, which would certainly qualify. Jo Walton really is a great author, I am really enjoying the stuff she puts out these last few years. <em>My Real Children</em> shows a sort of a <em>Sliding Doors </em>concept, or perhaps a long study of the butterfly effect here, pivoting a life at the acceptance or denial of a marriage proposal. I would also recommend that someone interested in gay fiction check out the ALA's <a href="http://www.ala.org/glbtrt/award/honored">Stonewall Book Awards</a>, which feature librarian's top choices in LGBT lit. <em>—Carmen Nigro, Milstein Division</em></p>
<p><em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb18051165?lang=eng">The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay</a></em> by Michael Chabon features a titular character who is gay. Sam Clay's experiences as a gay man in pre and post-World War II America are not erotic in any way. Give it a whirl. I would also recommend the <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__S(last herald-mage)">Last Herald-Mage</a> </em>trilogy by Mercedes Lackey. The main character, Vanyel Ashkevron, is a shay'a'chern, slang for gay in his milieu. Tayledren is anything but a gay-friendly world and this complicates Vanyel's rise to the pinnacle of magic in the kingdom of Valdemar. <em>—Joshua Soule, Spuyten Duyvil</em></p>
<p>Jamie O'Neill's <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb17699196?lang=eng">At Swim, Two Boys</a> </em>is a wonderful, language-obsessed novel that is set during the 1916 Easter Uprising in Ireland. O'Neill deftly mixes politics and the love that develops between two boys as they are slowly drawn into the conflict. John Rechy's <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__S(" rechy="" john="" of="" night="">City of Night</a> </em>is sort of a gay version of Kerouac's On The Road—a stream-of-conscious narrative about a male hustler's adventures as he travels across the country and encounters various men. The novel influenced Gus Van Sant in the writing of his screenplay for <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb17314905?lang=eng"><em>My Own Private Idaho</em></a>. <em>—Wayne Roylance, Selection Team</em></p>
<p>Ariel Schrag's best known for her graphic memoirs, but her witty, tender and frolicsome novel <em><u>Adam</u></em> is definitely worth checking out. It tells the story of a teenage California transplant eager to meet the love of his life in hard-partying New York City. <em>—Miriam Tuliao, Selection Team</em></p>
<p>I recommend <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20049430?lang=eng">Everything Leads to You</a></em>, a YA novel, by Nina LaCour. A story about a teen girl who falls in love with a teen girl and the focus is not their sexuality. Follow Emi as she finds the answer to an old letter left behind from a old-Hollywood actor. Sunny LA, Hollywood, love, and destiny intertwine in this mystery. <em>—Anna Taylor, Children’s Programming</em></p>
<p>I am currently reading <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20039884?lang=eng"><em>Giovanni's Room</em></a> by James Baldwin, which is kind of like a gay <em>The Sun Also Rises—</em>expats in Paris, heavy drinking, romantic love. Written in 1956 and very progressive for its time, it's about a young American man who falls in love with an Italian bartender. <em>—Kyle Butler, Strategy</em></p>
<p>Truman Capote's <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb18166938?lang=eng">Other Voices Other Rooms</a></em> comes to mind. A girlish adolescent boy surrounded by a cast of grotesque characters in the south befriends a tomboy and a drag queen, seeks a relationship with his mysterious father, and comes to terms with his sexuality. A thoughtful tome on the weirdness of families and the winding path toward individuality. <em>—Nancy Aravecz, Mid-Manhattan</em></p>
<p>I still tell people about Andre Aciman's novel <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb17733311?lang=eng">Call Me By Your Name</a></em>. Brief and literary, it's an exquisite remembrance of a summer romance in an Italian beach town—the summer of the character's first love. What I like about the book is not just the pace and the mood, but that Aciman conveys the sounds, smells, and tastes of summer in a way that makes me as a reader long to be there, and nostalgic for that same period in my life when I was discovering what love is. It was also the only book in my book group that has ever received universal thumbs up from the members. <em>—Christopher Platt, Sites &amp; Services</em></p>
<p><em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb18532705?lang=eng" title="No se lo digas a nadie (Paperback)">No Se Lo Digas a Nadie</a></em> (<em>Do Not Tell Anyone</em>) es una autobiografía ficticia del autor peruano <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__Sa:(Bayly, Jaime, 1965)" title="Bayly, Jaime, 1965-">Jaime Bayly</a>, cuenta la historia de Joaquín, un joven que lucha para hacer frente a sus tradiciones familiares, su adicción y su problema de identidad sexual durante su niñez. A fictionalized autobiography of the Peruvian author Jaime Bayly that tells the story of Joaquin, a young man who struggles to cope with his family traditions, his addiction and his sexual identity as a child. <em>—Alexandra Gomez, Selection Team</em></p>
<p><em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb18719249?lang=eng">Sing You Home</a> </em>by Jodi Picoult! Such a beautiful novel (written by one of my favorite authors) accompanied by a lovely musical soundtrack, many interweaving stories told in each character's very different POVs and enough drama to keep you interested the whole book through. <em>—Jessica Divisconte, CLO Office</em></p>
<p>Though she's equal parts memoirist and fiction writer, <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__Sa:(michelle tea)">Michelle Tea</a> writes great stories about being young, working class and surrounded by mall culture and consumerism, and navigating relationships with both men and women. <em>—Jenny Baum, Jefferson Market</em></p>
<p>I would recommend the author Jeanette Winterson--her novel <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb18585976?lang=eng" target="_blank"><em>The Passion</em></a> is one of my favorites that includes elements of historical fiction, magical realism, and romance. - Susie Tucker Heimbach, Mulberry Street</p>
<p><em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb18350553?lang=eng" target="_blank">Confessions of a Mask</a></em> by Japanese writer Yukio Mishima could reductively be called a "coming out story". Yet this 1949 novel presents a much more complex picture of a young man confronting his emerging sexuality and sadomasochistic fantasies against the backdrop of World War II. - Thomas Knowlton, MyLibraryNYC</p>
<p>The works of Vera Brittain should also be interesting for the reader. She is an activist, but saw other priorities (pacifism mostly) as being more universally important. Start with <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb10582484?lang=eng"><em>Testament of Youth</em></a>. Also, try <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb17740253?lang=eng"><em>Fun</em> </a><em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb17740253?lang=eng">Home</a> </em>by Alison Bechdel - Barbara Cohen-Stratyner, Library for the Performing Arts</p>
Fictionhttps://www.nypl.org/blog/2015/03/05/not-just-coming-out-stories#commentsThu, 05 Mar 2015 17:44:54 -0500Raising the Minimum Wage Would Benefit LGBT Familieshttps://www.nypl.org/blog/2014/11/04/raising-minimum-wage-benefit-lgbt-families
Magdalene Chan, Science, Industry and Business Library (SIBL)<p><a href="http://social.dol.gov/blog/raising-the-minimum-wage-would-benefit-lgbt-families/" rel="nofollow">This is the Department of Labor blog post</a> authored by Carl Fillichio, head of the Labor Department's Office of Public Affairs. Carl states that many LGBT workers are employed in low-wage jobs and supporting families. 5.4 million of them would benefit greatly from increasing the national minimum wage. He also points out that more money in the pockets of the working poor means more money spent in local stores. Greater consumer spending will stimulate economic growth.</p>
<p>LGBT Americans have made great strides in acceptance in recent years, and as the result of actions across the country and those initiated by <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/lgbt" rel="nofollow">President Obama</a>, they enjoy more rights than at any other time in our nation’s <a href="http://www.lgbthistorymonth.com/" rel="nofollow">history</a>. With greater acceptance and <a href="http://social.dol.gov/blog/pride-and-opportunity/" rel="nofollow">protections</a>, LGBT Americans have a better shot at climbing the ladders of opportunity that allow everyone to succeed, and the promise that if you work hard and play by the rules, then you can get ahead.</p>
<p><a href="http://social.dol.gov/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Gay-couple-holding-hands-istock.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img alt="" height="217" src="http://social.dol.gov/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Gay-couple-holding-hands-istock.jpg" style="border:medium none; float:right" title="Gay-couple-holding-hands-istock" width="384" /></a>However, recent <a href="http://civilrightsdocs.info/pdf/reports/Minimum-Wage-Report-FOR-WEB.pdf" rel="nofollow">reports</a> make clear that many LGBT workers are struggling to make ends meet. Contrary to the popular myth that they are childless, high-income earners with lots of disposable income, many are employed in low-wage jobs and supporting families. In fact, many of America’s estimated <a href="http://www.lgbtmap.org/file/a-broken-bargain-full-report.pdf" rel="nofollow">5.4 million LGBT workers</a> would benefit greatly from increasing the national minimum wage.</p>
<p>Consider the following:</p>
<ul><li>LGBT couples raising children are <a href="http://www.lgbtmap.org/file/a-broken-bargain-full-report.pdf" rel="nofollow">twice as likely</a> to have household incomes near the poverty line compared to their married or partnered non-LGBT counterparts.</li>
<li>Single LGBT adults raising children are <a href="http://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/LGB-Poverty-Update-Jun-2013.pdf" rel="nofollow">three times more likely</a> to have incomes near the poverty line compared to single non-LGBT individuals raising children.</li>
<li>7.7 percent of male same-sex and 14.1 percent of female same-sex couples <a href="http://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/LGB-Poverty-Update-Jun-2013.pdf" rel="nofollow">receive food assistance</a>, compared to 6.5 percent of different-sex married couples.</li>
<li><a href="http://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/LGB-Poverty-Update-Jun-2013.pdf" rel="nofollow">Male couples are more likely to be poor</a> than married different-sex couples – after controlling for other factors influencing poverty.§</li>
<li>African-American same-sex couples have poverty rates at least <a href="http://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/LGB-Poverty-Update-Jun-2013.pdf" rel="nofollow">twice the rate</a> for different-sex married African Americans.</li>
<li>Transgender people are nearly <a href="http://www.lgbtmap.org/file/a-broken-bargain-full-report.pdf" rel="nofollow">four times as likely</a> to have household income under $10,000 per year than the population as a whole (15 percent vs. 4 percent).</li>
<li>Gay and bisexual men experience a <a href="http://www.lgbtmap.org/file/a-broken-bargain-full-report.pdf" rel="nofollow">wage penalty</a> and earn between 10% and 32% less than heterosexual men, even when controlling for education, occupation, and region.</li>
<li>Lesbian women are affected by the <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/email-files/womens_report_final_for_print.pdf" rel="nofollow">gender wage gap</a>, with the <a href="http://www.lgbtmap.org/file/a-broken-bargain-full-report.pdf" rel="nofollow">overall impact amplified</a> for two-worker lesbian couples.</li>
<li>7.6 percent of lesbian couples <a href="http://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/LGB-Poverty-Update-Jun-2013.pdf" rel="nofollow">are experiencing poverty</a>, compared to 5.7 percent among different-sex couples.</li>
<li>Poverty rates for female same-sex couples and unmarried different-sex couples are <a href="http://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/LGB-Poverty-Update-Jun-2013.pdf" rel="nofollow">higher</a>than those of married different-sex couples.</li>
</ul><p>Raising the national minimum wage – stuck now at $7.25 per hour for more than 5 years – to $10.10 would go a long way to helping LGBT workers and their families. It would benefit <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/raise-the-wage" rel="nofollow">28 million American workers</a> overall, directly lifting 2 million out of poverty. Up to <a href="http://www.americanprogress.org/press/release/2014/03/05/85142/release-46-billion-in-snap-savings-projected-as-a-result-of-minimum-wage-increase-according-to-new-cap-report/" rel="nofollow">3.8 million</a>Americans would earn enough so that they no longer need food stamps. And, let’s keep in mind that <a href="http://social.dol.gov/blog/boosting-wages-boosts-demand/" rel="nofollow">boosting wages boosts demand</a>. With an economy driven by consumer spending, more money in the pockets of the working poor means more money spent in local stores – stimulating economic growth.</p>
<p>Raising the national minimum wage is common sense – and long overdue. While it would disproportionately benefit LGBT workers, it would have a significantly positive effect on all workers and the country as a whole. With so many reasons to raise it, it’s a shame that action at the federal level is stalled.</p>
<p><em>Carl Fillichio heads the Labor Department’s Office of Public Affairs.</em></p>
Government and Lawhttps://www.nypl.org/blog/2014/11/04/raising-minimum-wage-benefit-lgbt-families#commentsTue, 04 Nov 2014 11:49:17 -0500Working Together to Promote Inclusive Workplaceshttps://www.nypl.org/blog/2014/10/14/promote-inclusive-workplaces
Magdalene Chan, Science, Industry and Business Library (SIBL)<p><a href="http://unitemag.com/business/" rel="nofollow">Unite magazine,</a> a bi-monthly lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) business publication, featured Assistant Secretary of Labor for Disability Employment Policy Kathy Martinez in an article <a href="http://unitemag.com/business/working-together-to-promote-inclusive-workplaces/" rel="nofollow">"Working Together to Promote Inclusive Workplaces"</a> in its October/November issue. Martinez talked about National Disability Employment Awareness Month, saying "A strong workforce is an inclusive workforce." The article discussed the connections between the disability community and the LGBT community, particularly in the area of employment.</p>
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<div>Each June, the LGBT community and allies commemorate Pride Month, promoting dignity, inclusion and diversity within the community. In October, the U.S. Labor Department’s Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) commemorates National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM) to increase the number and quality of employment opportunities for people with disabilities by developing and influencing policies and practices.</div>
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<div>NDEAM is a time to celebrate the contributions of America’s workers with disabilities and assess our progress toward building a workforce that welcomes the skills and talents of <em>all</em> individuals. The 2014 theme of NDEAM is “Expect. Employ. Empower.” “We all have a role to play in — and benefit to gain from — increasing opportunities for meaningful employment for people with disabilities,” said Assistant Secretary of Labor for Disability Employment Policy Kathy Martinez. “A strong workforce is an inclusive workforce.”</div>
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<p>We don’t always see the connections between the disability community and the LBGT community, but these communities have common experiences and goals and can find strength in working together. One of the areas where the disability and LBGT communities can work together is employment.</p>
<p>During NDEAM, LBGT employers are encouraged to recognize the indispensable contributions people with disabilities make in our economy and commit themselves to building inclusive workplaces by employing the talents of <em>all</em> qualified individuals.</p>
<p>Employers and employees in all industries can learn more about how to participate in NDEAM and ways they can promote its messages — during October and throughout the year — by visiting the ODEP website at <a href="http://www.dol.gov/odep/" rel="nofollow">www.dol.gov/odep/</a> to learn more about <a href="http://unitemag.com/business/working-together-to-promote-inclusive-workplaces/" rel="nofollow">Working Together to Promote Inclusive Workplaces.</a>
</p><p>Photo of Kathy Martinez by the US Department of Labor.</p>
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Government and Lawhttps://www.nypl.org/blog/2014/10/14/promote-inclusive-workplaces#commentsTue, 14 Oct 2014 11:49:30 -0400Eastern Conference of Homophile Organizations, 1964https://www.nypl.org/blog/2014/10/10/eastern-conference-homophile-organizations-1964
Jason Baumann, Coordinator of Humanities and LGBT Collections, General Research Division, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building<div class="digcol-image align-center align-center">
<figure class="caption caption caption digcol-image"><a href="http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/671159d8-0455-a33c-e040-e00a180655cb"><img alt="Homosexuals are Different..." src="https://images.nypl.org/index.php?id=1696841&amp;t=w" width="300px" /></a>
<figcaption class="digcol-caption">Mattachine Society. Homosexuals are Different...<br />
Image ID: 1696841</figcaption></figure></div>
<p>Given the dramatic remapping of marriage equality this past week, it is useful to look back to a very different kind of map of LGBT rights drafted 50 years ago from the archives of the pioneering gay rights group the <a href="http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8bea5ae5-46f8-f394-e040-e00a1806750d">Mattachine Society of New York,</a> whose records are held in the Library’s <a href="http://www.nypl.org/locations/schwarzman/manuscripts-division">Manuscripts &amp; Archives Division</a>. The document details the penalties for “sex offenses” state by state in 1964, with “sodomy” carrying a range of penalties from 3 months in jail in New York to possible life in imprisonment in Nevada (which recently began issuing licenses for same sex marriages). Sodomy laws in the United States were only finally struck down at a national level in 2003 following the Supreme Court’s decision in <a href="http://www.lambdalegal.org/in-court/cases/lawrence-v-texas" rel="nofollow">Lawrence v. Texas</a>, after decades of political activism by LGBT communities.</p>
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<figure class="caption caption caption digcol-image"><a href="http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/671159d8-0456-a33c-e040-e00a180655cb"><img alt="Penalties for Sex Offenses in the United States 1964" src="https://images.nypl.org/index.php?id=1696842&amp;t=w" width="300px" /></a>
<figcaption class="digcol-caption">Penalties for Sex Offenses in the United States 1964<br />
Image ID: 1696842</figcaption></figure></div>
<p>This document, which was probably drafted for discussion at the Eastern Conference of Homophile Organizations (ECHO) held in Washington, D.C. in 1964, is amazing not just for the range and severity of penalties it documented, but also for its eloquence in pointing out how those issues affected society as whole. These gay rights pioneers documented not only legal penalties for homosexuality, but also premarital sex, adultery, and cohabitation—issues of privacy and consent that affected everyone. The ECHO confrences brought together Mattachine chapters with other emerging LGBT rights groups, including the Daughters of Bilitis, which was the comparable lesbian organization, and the Janus Society, which was based in Philadelphia. Although Mattachine and Daughters of Bilitis era activists are sometimes depicted as socially conservative (if only for their fashion sense…), they questioned laws and social mores paving the way for later activists of gay liberation and lesbian feminism.</p>
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<figure class="caption caption caption digcol-image"><a href="http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8bea5ae5-46f8-f394-e040-e00a1806750d"><img alt="ECHO Eastern Conference of Homophile Organizations, 1965." src="https://images.nypl.org/index.php?id=PS_MSS_875&amp;t=w" width="300px" /></a>
<figcaption class="digcol-caption">ECHO Eastern Conference of Homophile Organizations, 1965.<br />
Image ID: ps_mss_875</figcaption></figure></div>
<p>To read further on the arc of LGBT civil rights struggles in the U.S. check out:</p>
<p>Dudley Clendinen and Adam Nagourney. <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b14168953~S1"><em>Out for Good: the Struggle to Build a Gay Rights Movement in America.</em></a>
</p><p>David Eisenbach. <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b17242350~S1"><em>Gay Power: an American Revolution</em></a>.</p>
<p>John D'Emilio. <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b13818073~S1"><em>Sexual politics, Sexual Communities: the Making of a Homosexual Minority in the United States, 1940-1970.</em></a>
</p><p>Linda Hirshman. <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b19558559~S1"><em>Victory: the Triumphant Gay Revolution</em></a>.</p>
<p>Eric Marcus. <em><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b17357028~S1">Making Gay History: the Half-Century Fight for Lesbian and Gay Equal Rights</a>.</em></p>
<p>Or the Library’s <a href="http://web-static.nypl.org/exhibitions/1969/index.html"><em>1969: The Year of Gay Liberation</em></a> exhibition online.</p>
Organizations and Museumshttps://www.nypl.org/blog/2014/10/10/eastern-conference-homophile-organizations-1964#commentsFri, 10 Oct 2014 16:26:22 -0400Undetectable Flash Collectivehttps://www.nypl.org/blog/2014/09/25/undetectable-flash-collective
Jason Baumann, Coordinator of Humanities and LGBT Collections, General Research Division, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building<div>
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<div>In partnership with <a href="https://www.visualaids.org/" rel="nofollow">Visual AIDS.</a></div>
<div>In order to foster a community conversation about HIV and AIDS in dialogue with the Library’s major archives on the history of the AIDS crisis, The New York Public Library is hosting a project in partnership with <a href="https://www.visualaids.org/" rel="nofollow">Visual AIDS </a>to create site-specific installations in four library branches—across the Bronx, Manhattan, and Staten Island—that explore the ways that HIV and AIDS are currently affecting these local New York City communities. Fifteen artists, writers, and advocates answered the call to participate in a series of Flash Collective workshops with Avram Finkelstein. Over the course of two months they met to discuss the current challenges faced by people living with HIV, as well as the challenges in HIV prevention. </div>
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<div>A major theme that emerged in their conversations was the ways that current advances in HIV treatment and prevention may relate to stigmatization, economics, and treatment agendas. Based on these conversations, they designed a poster installation for four library branches, an outreach post card, and a blog to continue their conversation under the name of the <a href="http://whatisundetectable.tumblr.com/" rel="nofollow">Undetectable Collective</a>.</div>
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<div>Their work will be on view this October through December at the <a href="http://www.nypl.org/locations/hunts-point">Hunt’s Point</a>, <a href="http://www.nypl.org/locations/jefferson-market">Jefferson Market</a>, <a href="http://www.nypl.org/locations/st-george-library-center">St. George</a>, and <a href="http://www.nypl.org/locations/washington-heights">Washington Heights</a> branches. See each branch’s homepage for location and hours. Please come see the exhibition and take a postcard.</div>
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<div>Artists, writers, and activists that worked on the collective included:</div>
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<div>Avram Finkelstein</div>
<div>Alex Fialho</div>
<div>Alina Oswald</div>
<div>Brendan Mahoney</div>
<div>Conrad Ventur</div>
<div>Filip Condeescu</div>
<div>Gerald Mocarsky</div>
<div>hucklefaery</div>
<div>Jano Cortijo</div>
<div>Jorge Sanchez</div>
<div>Kenneth Pietrobono</div>
<div>Lanai Daniels</div>
<div>Mark Blane</div>
<div>Nick Kleist</div>
<div>Pablo Herrera</div>
<div>Spear Minteh</div>
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<div><a href="http://avramfinkelstein.com/" rel="nofollow">Avram Finkelstein</a> is an artist and writer living in Brooklyn. His work is in the permanent collections of MoMA, The Whitney, The Metropolitan Museum, The New Museum, The Smithsonian, The Brooklyn Museum, The Victoria and Albert Museum and The New York Public Library. Finkelstein is a founding member of the collective responsible for Silence=Death and AIDSGATE, which was recently included in Regarding Warhol: Sixty Artists, Fifty Years at The Metropolitan Museum in New York. He is also a founding member of the art collective, Gran Fury, with whom he collaborated on public art projects for international institutions including The Whitney Museum of American Art, The Venice Biennale, ArtForum, MOCA LA, The New Museum of Contemporary Art, Creative Time, and The Public Art Fund. He has created public awareness campaigns for AmFAR, The AIDS Policy Project, The Campaign To End AIDS, ACT UP, POZ, United Against AIDS, and ACRIA. He has conducted Flash Collectives at the HIV Is Not A Crime Conference, Concordia University, The New York Public Library, The Helix Queer Performance Network, and the Hemispheric Institute of Performance and Politics at NYU.</div>
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<div>This exhibit was made possible by the New York Public Library's LGBT Initiative. Initial funding by Time Warner Inc., with additional support from M.A.C. AIDS Fund; The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.; Arcus Foundation; and friends of the LGBT Initiative.</div>
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Gay and Lesbian Studieshttps://www.nypl.org/blog/2014/09/25/undetectable-flash-collective#commentsThu, 25 Sep 2014 13:38:25 -0400Booktalking "Hey, Dollface" by Deborah Hautzighttps://www.nypl.org/blog/2014/06/05/booktalking-hey-dollface-deborah-hautzig
Miranda McDermott, Bronx Library Center<p><span class="inline inline inline-left inline-left"><img alt="" class="image image image-inline image-inline vertical vertical" height="300" src="//www.nypl.org/sites/default/files/images/dollface.inline vertical.jpg" title="" width="198" /></span>Val and Chloe are best friends extraordinaire. After spending much time with Chloe, Val finds that other people pale in comparison. And it is different with Chloe. Val does not touch her other friends much, but Val and Chloe and are always joking and touching each other. They alternately refer to each other as kid or dollface. The girls practically live at each other's houses, and one day they fall asleep together.</p>
<p>This coming-of-age novel is the coolest because it features conversation about growing-up things that matter: sex, relationships, body image, etc. Val and Chloe even used a library to learn more about sex. They discuss homosexuality in sometimes an oblique manner and sometimes in a straightforward way. At one point in the book, Chloe says:</p>
<p>"Well, look at all the men and women having sex who don't even like each other, let alone love each other. Isn't that the real sin?"</p>
<p>Girls who do not know if they are gay or straight; they have feelings for both men and women. These teens have a really close, sweet friendship that might turn into something else. </p>
<p><em><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1/?searchtype=t&amp;searcharg=hey+dollface&amp;searchscope=1&amp;sortdropdown=-&amp;SORT=D&amp;extended=0&amp;SUBMIT=Search&amp;searchlimits=&amp;searchorigarg=they+dollface">Hey, Dollface</a></em> by Deborah Hautzig, 1978</p>
<p>I love the cover, which features fall leaves that litter the ground with the girls in the background shooting the breeze.</p>
<ul><li><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/aHautzig%2C+Deborah./ahautzig+deborah/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/exact&amp;FF=ahautzig+deborah&amp;1%2C11%2C">Books by Deborah Hautzig</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.deborahhautzig.com/" rel="nofollow">Deborah Hautzig's web site</a> </li>
<li><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1/X?SEARCH=(lgbt)&amp;searchscope=1">Books about LGBT</a></li>
<li><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/alevithan+david/alevithan+david/1%2C2%2C51%2CB/exact&amp;FF=alevithan+david&amp;1%2C50%2C/indexsort=-">Books by David Levithan</a></li>
</ul>Teen and Young Adult Literaturehttps://www.nypl.org/blog/2014/06/05/booktalking-hey-dollface-deborah-hautzig#commentsThu, 05 Jun 2014 17:32:05 -0400